[topicmapmail] Ontopia releases Ontopoly topic map editor with OKS 3.0

[Lars Marius Garshol]

I thought people here might like to know this. Text of press release  
follows below.




New ontology-driven editor simplifies knowledge capture.

OSLO, NORWAY, 19 JANUARY 2006: Ontopoly, the new web-based tool for
creating, populating and managing corporate ontologies, is now  
available as
part of the Ontopia Knowledge Suite (OKS) 3.0 release and the OKS  
Samplers
free download. This latest addition to the OKS significantly lowers  
the bar
for developing and maintaining ontologies, even for first-time users.

Whether a corporation uses a taxonomy, a thesaurus or an ontology for  
its
knowledge organization, Ontopoly can be used to define the underlying
structure and populate the knowledge base. Ontopoly provides an ideal
interface for the subject matter experts who design the ontology's  
model.
The knowledge base is then populated through a combination of automated
processing and human intellectual effort. Using the Ontopia Knowledge  
Suite,
integrators can aggregate content from databases, documents and web  
feeds.
Additional, "tacit" knowledge and links to information resources (as
required) can then be added manually using Ontopoly's ontology-driven
interface.

The key to Ontopoly's power and flexibility is that it is based on  
the ISO
Topic Maps standard. It allows Ontopoly to support any kind of knowledge
structure, ranging from simple indexes and taxonomies, through  
thesauri and
glossaries, to full-blown ontologies. It is also a guarantee for data
longevity and vendor independence.

Ontologies built using Ontopoly can be used to organize portals,  
structure
Content Management Systems, drive autoclassification of information, and
underpin many other processes, thereby providing a foundation for total
knowledge management and publishing solutions based on semantic  
technology.

Free versions of Ontopoly and Omnigator, Ontopia's popular topic map
browser, are now available for personal use via download as the OKS
Samplers at http://www.ontopia.net/download/freedownload.html. The free
download includes over 20 sample topic maps. Commercial licensing for
corporate use is also available.

The OKS is the world's leading application development platform for  
Topic
Maps. Other new features in version 3.0 include:

* performance tuning support tools
* support for automatically updating Lucene full-text index
* association scope filtering in Vizigator
* support for localizing Vizigator to any language

For more information, write to Ontopia at mailto:info@ontopia.net or  
visit
http://www.ontopia.net

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About Ontopia (www.ontopia.net): Ontopia is the world's leading  
supplier of
Topic Maps-based technology. The Ontopia Knowledge Suite provides  
content
creators with tools for taxonomy/ontology management, portal creation  
and
dynamic content aggregation that improve findability and discovery.
End-users, system integrators and OEMs meet knowledge management  
challenges
using Ontopia's technology, training, and support services, and its
worldwide network of partners.  Founded in 2000, Ontopia is privately  
held.
Address: Waldemar Thranes gt. 98, N-0175 Oslo, Norway. +47 23 23 30 80.
Ontopoly, Omnigator and Ontopia Knowledge Suite are Ontopia trade marks.

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Lars Marius Garshol, Ontopian               http://www.ontopia.net
+47 98 21 55 50                             http://www.garshol.priv.no