RE: OWL-S Editor Tool

Hi, there, we had put some OWL-S examples which are generated from BPEL4WS/WSDL
files at:
 
 <http://www.it.swin.edu.au/centres/cicec/bpel2owls.htm>
http://www.it.swin.edu.au/centres/cicec/bpel2owls.htm
 
There're two parts: process model and data-flow. Feedbacks are more than
welcome.
 
Cheers
 
Jun

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From: public-sws-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:public-sws-ig-request@w3.org] On
Behalf Of James
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 1:42 AM
To: public-sws-ig@w3.org
Subject: OWL-S Editor Tool



Hi all,

We announce OWL-S Editor, a new tool that can help users create, visualise and
verify OWL-S ontologies.

Abstract

Although many tools and APIs that help to create semantic web content are
available, there is still the need for new tools to address specific areas. In
particular, the aim of the OWL-S Editor is to help the un-experienced user
and/or programmer to create an OWL-S description for a Web Service.

Overview

The tool is divided into three main parts:

. Creator

. Validator

. Visualiser

The creator enables to create an empty OWL-S description either from a template
or through a wizard called "OwlsWiz" which accepts an input WSDL and extracts
partial information from it to create a basic OWL-S description. The work of the
wizard is based on Massimo Paolucci's et al's work in WSDL2OWLS, although we had
to write an API to perform such a transformation as it was not available for
download. The OwlsWiz is being given the greatest focus as it's aim is to
provide the user with the tools needed to create an OWL-S description in the
least amount of time possible and without exposing the user to the (at times)
complex structures comprising OWL-S. This wizard implements also a Visual
Composer which enables to compose visually the service using standard UML
Activity Diagrams. The markup is then automatically generated in a recursive
fashion.

The validator part will enable to check if the URIs used in the OWL-S
description are valid and also validate the syntax of the ontologies. The
Visualiser part enables the user to visualise the descriptions in a graphical
manner and also to print out a hard copy of the OWL-S description.

Further information can be found at
http://staff.um.edu.mt/cabe2/supervising/undergraduate/owlseditFYP/OwlSEdit.html

Regards

James Scicluna, Charlie Abela