Gnowsis realizes a Semantic Desktop environment and is published by the Knowledge Management Lab of the DFKI. It can be used in research projects or by interested individuals. The Gnowsis system adds Semantic Web interfaces to common desktop applications. It enables users to use desktop computers like a small personal semantic web. Linking documents across applications and browsing through the personal information space is now possible. Emails, documents, addresses, photos, appointments that have been spread in the local data jungle can be linked conveniently, weaving a personal semantic web. Data structures are not changed and existing applications are extended and not replaced. Programmers can build Semantic Web and knowledge management applications on top of Gnowsis. Structured data from common desktop applications (like MS-Outlook) can be accessed in a simple web protocol, allowing developers and researchers to leverage this information. At the moment, Gnowsis is realised as a Java application. It is published as open source tool. The system is in a beta stadium and will be developed further, to be a basis for future research and commercial applications. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.
posted by Marcus Zillman |
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