Brian; TBC-ME is available for a free 30-day trial. Download at http://www.topquadrant.com/products/TB_install.php
-- Scott On Oct 5, 10:56 am, Brian Ulicny <[email protected]> wrote: > Leonard, > > It has not been tested with TopBraid Composer Maestro Edition. (We > didn't have the relevant license.) > > However, I believe it should work, if Maestro Edition is simply an > extension of Standard Edition. > > Perhaps someone on this list can confirm. > > Best regards, > > Brian Ulicny > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Leonard Jacuzzo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Brian, > > > The installation instructions only mention TBC Standard Edition. Does this > > also work with TBC: ME? > > > It seems interesting. > > > Best, > > Leonard > > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Brian Ulicny <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> VIStology BaseVISor 2.0 Plugin for TopBraid Composer 3.5 > > >> Fast, Customizable, Forward- ‐Chaining Inference Engine supports OWL > >> 2 > >> RL > > >> Framingham, MA – VIStology, Inc., a leading semantic technology > >> company, announces the availability of BaseVISor 2.0 as a plugin for > >> TopQuadrant’s TopBraid Composer 3.5. BaseVISor is a powerful > >> semantic inference technology that enables organizations to implement > >> an ontology-driven approach to knowledge representation and > >> reasoning. > >> BaseVISor 2.0 implements the W3C’s OWL 2 RL standard. > > >> The plugin can be downloaded from the VIStology website:www.vistology.com > > >> Installation instructions are available at > >>http://www.vistology.com/docs/TBCPlugInstallNote.pdf > > >> BaseVISor 2.0 features a highly efficient forward-chaining inference > >> engine, optimized for ontological and rule-based reasoning. Rules and > >> facts are compiled into a Rete network and processed with respect to > >> specified ontologies in order to generate all new inferable facts. In > >> comparison with other leading inference engines, BaseVISor 2.0 has > >> been demonstrated to be considerably faster in inference time and > >> query time on standard benchmarking datasets. > > >> TopQuadrant’s TopBraid Composer is a visual modeling environment from > >> industry experts for creating and managing domain models and > >> ontologies in the Semantic Web standards RDF Schema and OWL. Composer > >> is an ontology editor and knowledge-base framework that provides > >> visual editing support as well as interoperability with UML, XML > >> Schema and databases. TopBraid Composer is based on the Eclipse > >> platform and the Jena API. Composer seamlessly integrates logical and > >> rule-based reasoning engines. It offers a convenient drag-and-drop, > >> form-based user interface with the ability to view and edit ontologies > >> in a variety of serialization formats. Testing, consistency checking > >> and debugging is supported by built-in OWL Inference engine, SPARQL > >> query engine and Rules engine. TopBraid Composer makes it easier for > >> an enterprises to move to Semantic Web standards by importing legacy > >> models including XML Schemas, UML, RDB Schemas and spreadsheets. Open > >> APIs are available, it can run with the database back-end for improve > >> scalability. > > >> The plugin has been tested with versions 3.5.0 and 3.5.1. > > >> BaseVISor 2.0 Plugin for TopBraid Composer Features: > > >> Rule Editing: The plugin’s BaseVISor editor provides rule templates > >> and syntax checking for BaseVISor’s rule language. Drag and drop > >> functionality allows the developer to incorporate vocabulary from > >> ontologies within TopBraid Composer. BaseVISor natively supports XML > >> schema datatypes (XSD). > > >> OWL 2 RL Processing: The axioms of OWL 2 RL provide scalable > >> ontologybased reasoning without sacrificing expressive power. > > >> Reasoning: Rules are compiled by BaseVISor and executed at runtime. > >> The BaseVISor inference engine may be chained with other inference > >> engines within the TopBraid Composer environment. > > >> User-Defined Functions: User-defined procedural attachments can be > >> invoked from within a rule to perform complex calculations, > >> complementing BaseVISor’s built-in functions. The 3.5 plugin includes > >> the ability to use the standard Top Braid Composer plugin mechanism > >> for procedural attachments to BaseVISor rules. > > >> Rule Salience: Enables the rule with the highest priority to be > >> executed first. Used when more than one rule is activated at the same > >> time. > > >> Inclusion Mechanism: Provides a way for importing rules from the local > >> file system or on the Web into BaseVISor for reasoning. > > >> About VIStology > > >> VIStology, Inc. is a software research and development corporation > >> based in Framingham, MA, committed to the innovative design and > >> development of adaptive and semantically rich information solutions. > >> VIStology’s technical expertise is in formal semantics, information > >> fusion, situation awareness, object oriented modeling & design, and > >> artificial intelligence. Since 1997, VIStology has led numerous R&D > >> projects funded through contracts with clients that include the US > >> Army, DARPA, AFRL/AFOSR, ONR, and MDA. > > >> Licensing > > >> BaseVISor 2.0 can be licensed for academic and research use free of > >> charge; all other uses require a commercial license. Contact > >> [email protected]. > > >> For more information, visithttp://www.vistology.com/BaseVISor/ > >> Contact: > >> Brian Ulicny > >> VIStology, Inc > >> [email protected] > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Group "TopBraid Suite Users", the topics of which include TopBraid > >> Composer, > >> TopBraid Live, TopBraid Ensemble, SPARQLMotion and SPIN. > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/topbraid-users?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Group "TopBraid Suite Users", the topics of which include TopBraid Composer, > > TopBraid Live, TopBraid Ensemble, SPARQLMotion and SPIN. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/topbraid-users?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group "TopBraid Suite Users", the topics of which include TopBraid Composer, TopBraid Live, TopBraid Ensemble, SPARQLMotion and SPIN. 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