Announcing OpenLink Virtuoso, Open-Source Edition, v5.0.8

Hi,

OpenLink Software is pleased to announce a new release of Virtuoso,
Open-Source Edition, version 5.0.8.

This version focuses on performance optimizations and speed enhancements:

+ SQL compiler is now re-entrant
+ Self-Join optimizations exposed at JDBC Driver level (as was already the
case with ODBC)
+ SPARQL engine and SPARQL-BI extension optimizations have been merged
+ TriG serialization format for RDF is now supported alongside RDFa, N3,
Turtle, and RDF/XML
+ Additional Sponger Cartridges for Digg, FriendFeed, and CrunchBase
+ Improved graph quality and fidelity from existing Cartridges (especially
Freebase, eBay, Amazon, Google, Yahoo, and many others)
+ Improved handling of and bug fixes relating to the `OPTIONAL' SPARQL keyword
+ Self-Dereferencing fixes (e.g., Sponger was not properly de-referencing
its own Proxy URIs)

On the ODS front, the following have been addressed:

+ More flexible Mapping service model based on new OAT-based Mapping
Control (which also includes a "province" locator)
+ Improved SyncML integration with Briefcase folders
+ Gem URL fixes for Atom, RSS, and RDF feeds


For more details, see the release notes:
<http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=161622&release_id=614029>


Other links:

Virtuoso Open Source Edition:
+ Home Page: <http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/wiki/main/>
+ Download Page:
  <http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/wiki/main/Main/VOSDownload>

OpenLink Data Spaces:
+ Home Page: <http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/wiki/main/Main/OdsIndex>
+ SPARQL Usage Examples (re. SIOC, FOAF, AtomOWL, SKOS):
  <http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/wiki/main/Main/ODSSIOCRef>

OpenLink AJAX Toolkit (OAT):
+ Project Page: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/oat>
+ Live Demonstration: <http://demo.openlinksw.com/oatdemo>
+ Interactive SPARQL Demo: <http://demo.openlinksw.com/isparql/>

OpenLink Data Explorer (Firefox extension for RDF browsing):
+ Home Page: <http://ode.openlinksw.com/>


Regards,

~Tim
-- 
Tim Haynes
OpenLink Software
<http://www.openlinksw.com/>

Received on Thursday, 28 August 2008 14:43:36 UTC