Re: independent semantic software evaluation frameworks?

I'd like mKE to be added to the list of Ontology editors.
The latest products, mke + hotools, may be of special interest,
since the simplified semantics matches RDF, and they are
flexible and fast.

Dick McCullough
http://mkrmke.org
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paola Di Maio" <paola.dimaio@gmail.com>
To: "[ontolog-forum]" <ontolog-forum@ontolog.cim3.net>; "semantic-web at 
W3C" <semantic-web@w3c.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:03 AM
Subject: independent semantic software evaluation frameworks?


> Greetings good people!
>
> I am attempting to systematically aggregate as many independent
> evaluations of semantic software tools as possible
>
> (Note: by independent it is intended not carried out by people who are
> paid to do so, or have other vested interests  - such as the
> devleopers or consultants themselves  or their friends and familieis -
> but by unaffiliated users who are more suitable to appreciate its
> benefits and shorcomings)
>
> We are particularly interested initially in the software developed
> with EU funding (FP6 and FP7 )
>
> The main frameworks of reference are standard software project
> evaluation methods, including
>
>
> EVALUATION AND RANKING OF ONTOLOGY CONSTRUCTION TOOLS (various
> references included there)
> Md. Ahsan-ul Murshed and Ramanjit Singh
> http://eprints.biblio.unitn.it/archive/00000747/01/013.pdf
>
>
> I have already contacted offlist some of the individuals who have
> offered knowledge and views, and I am now  seeking additional wider
> general  input on
>
> 1.  developing and customizing the  review criteria  and methodology
> (so that we can format the distributed evaluations using a common 
> template)
>
> 2.  any volunteered inputs in terms of reviews of software and other
> deliverables (priority is to assess  cost/benefit ratio, measured in
> terms of
> functionality and usefulness)
>
> The final goal of this exercise is to contribute  to improve the
> effectiveness of EU funding process in semantic web, as well as to
> general
> software output at large, as well as to come up with  recommendations.
>
>
> Your contribution can be submitted authored or anonymous (subject to
> verification)
>
>
> Please contact me offlist should you wish to collaborate on this project,
>
> cheers
>
> Paola Di Maio
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Paola Di Maio
> **************************************************
> Strategic Advisor
> Networked Research Lab, UK
> **************************************************
>
>

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