If you regularly run into words like “ontology” andacronyms like OWL, then you’ll be pleased to hear that Protege 4.0 (news,site) has been released.
Those who aren’t deeply involved inthe semantic web may not quite run to learn more, but semantic web technologies are coming faster than you think. It’s a good idea to pay at least some attention.
What is Protege?
Protege is a freeopen source ontology editor built for working withthe Java API for the W3C Web Ontology Language, or OWL.
If you aren’t familiar with ontologies, they define the terms used to describe and represent an area of knowledge, typically by describing the relationships between the terms. Given the amount of data within an ontology, some ability to graphically edit and navigate the terms and relationships makes the task much easier on human eyes.
Protege in general offers a wide range of features for viewing, cloning, importing, and otherwise working with these masses of interlinked data.
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