[Gzz] OWL Tools Review

[Howard Bender]

Hello -

Now that OWL has been moved to Candidate Recommendations status by the W3C 
(see letter below), we're reviewing our Tools library for the proper 
designation and placement of each tool.  We show the current version of 
Fenfire Loom to be at https://savannah.nongnu.org/files/?group=fenfire.

Please help us with answers to a few questions

1. What is the functional status of this tool?
2. Is this the correct version?  If not, please supply the correct address.
2. Does this version fully support OWL?
3. Is the code open source?
4. Is there supporting documentation?  If so, please supply Web links.
5. Are there any restrictions for people to use this version?

Thanks for your help!


Cheers,

Howard

Howard Bender
Senior Software Architect
BBN Technologies, LLC
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Arlington, VA  22209
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Colleagues,

As most of you already know, OWL was officially moved by the W3C into 
Candidate Recommendation status.  See www.w3c.org for details.  This is a 
huge win for the program and for DARPA.  My congratulations to Jim and 
Murray for their leadership, and to all the DAML program participants who 
did the heavy lifting to make this happen.  Nice work!

Now that OWL is the standard, I think it is important for all of the 
ontologies, software, tools, etc., that are funded by the DAML program to 
be converted from DAML+OIL to OWL.  This is something that Murray directed 
at the last PI meeting, and I want to reiterate it.  At the October PI 
meeting I would like all active program software and ontologies to be fully 
OWL.  (After the PI meeting, anything that is on the DAML website and not 
OWL will be moved off and archived.)  In addition to transitioning the DAML 
community to the new standard, the OWL software and ontologies that we 
produce can also help supply the evidence of concrete implementation that 
the W3C needs to move OWL the next step from Candidate Recommendation.  The 
conversion itself should be quite easy given the massive overlap between 
DAML+OIL and OWL, but if you need questions answered or tool support for 
the conversion please email Mike Dean (address@hidden) and he can assist you.

Again, great job everyone.

Thanks,
Mark

Dr. Mark Greaves
DARPA IXO/JLTO
3701 N. Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA   22203

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