[Webofpatterns-user] WebOfPatterns Eclipse Client 1.3 released

[Jens D. <j.b...@ma...>]

Dear all,

We have just released a new version of the web of patterns client. It
contains two major new features:

1. built-in support for visualisation. 

There is a new extension point that allows to plugin visualisation modules.
These modules can "draw" patterns and/or pattern instances. There are two
such plugins wop has on-board: one uses the RDF visualisation as used by the
W3C, one is based on the DPML language developed by the University of
Auckland. 

2. built-in support for exporting pattern definitions and instances

There is a new extension point for export, and an implementation that
exports patterns into instances of an open schema
(http://www-ist.massey.ac.nz/wop/20070227/patterninstancereport.xsd) . 
Stylesheets (XSL and CSS) are also generated (so the reports can be viewed
in a web browser), and the generated report contain a generated figure for
each pattern instance found if the DPML plugin is available. 

WARNING: Massey University is currently replacing some web servers. Some
services wop uses may temporary become unavailable. This includes: the main
pattern repository (but the wop client has a cached version on board), the
wopper discovery/publishing/feedback web service and the abovementioned
schema. It is still possible to use the scanner, to export instances and to
discover/publish using delicious, swoogle and other services.  

Download link:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=104645&package_id=1356
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Thanks to Nathan Jones and Graham Jenson for their contributions to this
version!!

Kind regards, Jens


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Dr Jens Dietrich
Senior Lecturer Computer Science
Institute of Information Sciences & Technology Te Kura Putaiao o
Hangarau-a-Mohiotanga Massey University Palmerston North New Zealand
Phone: +64 6 350 5799 ext 2212
Email: J.B...@ma...
Web: http://www-ist.massey.ac.nz/JBDietrich/
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