Re: Ann: VOWL 2, ProtegeVOWL, WebVOWL

On 5/12/14 11:04 AM, Steffen Lohmann wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> we are glad to announce that version 2.0 of the Visual Notation for 
> OWL Ontologies (VOWL) has been published a few weeks ago. Along with 
> the specification, we released a Protégé plugin and a web tool that 
> implement large parts of VOWL. The works may be of interest to those 
> of you who would like to visualize (smaller) ontologies in an 
> intuitive way. They can be tested online at: 
> http://vowl.visualdataweb.org
>
> We are currently working on an improved JSON structure and additional 
> functionality for the web tool (WebVOWL) to allow for an easier 
> transformation of OWL to JSON and to provide a more compact 
> visualization for larger ontologies. We are also planning to integrate 
> further visual elements from the spec into the Protégé plugin 
> (ProtégéVOWL). VOWL itself will also be advanced in the future to 
> consider further OWL elements (particularly from OWL 2) and additional 
> cases.
>
> Note that the focus of VOWL 2 is on the ontology schema (i.e. the 
> classes, properties and datatypes, sometimes called TBox), while the 
> focus of VOWL 1 was on the integrated representation of classes and 
> individuals (TBox and ABox) - which is, however, still possible with 
> VOWL 2.
>
> On behalf of the VOWL team,
> Steffen
>
> -- 
> Steffen Lohmann . Institute for Visualization and Interactive Systems
> University of Stuttgart . Universitaetstrasse 38 . D-70569 Stuttgart
> Phone: +49 711 685-88438 . http://www.vis.uni-stuttgart.de/~lohmansn

Great Job!!

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