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<span style="font-weight:bold; font-size:22px;">WebProtégé</span> <br /><br />

'''WebProtégé is an open source, lightweight, web-based ontology editor.  WebProtégé provides a friendly and highly configurable user interface that can be adapted for the use of domain experts. It has support for form-based editing and full-fledged collaboration. ''' <br />

[[File:WP-classes.png|thumb|400px|right|text-bottom|The new WebProtege with simplified editing and improved collaboration support]]

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'''LATEST ACTIVITY:'''

'''12th August 2013:''' WebProtege source code is now on [http://github.com/protegeproject/webprotege GitHub].

'''24th July 2013:''' [[WebProtegeAdminGuide|WebProtege build 105]] is available. Read more in the [[WebProtegeReleaseNotes|release notes]]. 

'''25th April 2013:''' '''The new WebProtege is here!'''
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<li>Upload your ontologies to the new WebProtege server: http://webprotege.stanford.edu </li>
<li>New exciting features: simplified editing, improved collaboration support, OWL-API based, etc. Read more in the [[WebProtegeReleaseNotes|release notes]].</li>
<li>You may also [[WebProtegeAdminGuide|download and install]] the new WebProtege</li>
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'''25th April 2013:''' The final release of [[WebProtegeAdminGuide|WebProtege release 1.0]] now available!
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<li>The WebProtege 1.0 demo server has been moved to: http://wp-obs.stanford.edu </li>
<li>Read how to [[MigrateOntologiesFromWP1|move]] your ontologies to the new WebProtege server available on http://webprotege.stanford.edu</li>
<li>We don't plan to further develop WebProtege 1.0, so please consider upgrading to the new WebProtege (see above). See [[WebProtegeReleaseNotes|release notes]].</li>
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'''10th Oct 2012:''' WebProtege Webinar
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<li>See the recorded [http://www.bioontology.org/ontology-editing-and-publishing-using-webprotege-and-bioportal NCBO webcast] on publishing and editing OWL2 and OBO ontologies with the new WebProtege </li>
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== Documentation ==

=== [[WebProtegeUsersGuide|User's Guide]] ===
A short [[WebProtegeUsersGuide|user guide]] with screencasts and screenshots describing the main user interface elements in WebProtégé.

=== [[WebProtegeAdminGuide|Download and Install - Administrator's Guide]] === 
A [[WebProtegeAdminGuide|step-by-step guide]] for site administrators who want to download and install WebProtégé.

=== [[WebProtegeDevelopersGuide|Developer's Guide]] === 
A [[WebProtegeDevelopersGuide|guide]] for developers who want to compile and run WebProtégé from an IDE.


== About WebProtégé ==
WebProtégé is being actively developed by the [http://protege.stanford.edu/aboutus/aboutus.html Protégé team] at the [[Affiliated with::Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research]].


== References ==

* A WebProtege paper describing its architecture, features and use in real-world cases is published in the Semantic Web Journal, and is available [http://www.semantic-web-journal.net/content/webprot%C3%A9g%C3%A9-distributed-ontology-editor-and-knowledge-acquisition-tool-web here].

* Several papers describing the use of WebProtégé in real use cases can be found [http://bmir.stanford.edu/publications/by_author.php/tania_tudorache here].


== How to cite WebProtégé ==

T. Tudorache, C.I. Nyulas, N.F. Noy, M.A. Musen. WebProtégé: A Collaborative Ontology Editor and Knowledge Acquisition Tool for the Web, Semantic Web Journal, IOS Press, 2011

Online version available [http://www.semantic-web-journal.net/content/webprot%C3%A9g%C3%A9-distributed-ontology-editor-and-knowledge-acquisition-tool-web here].


== Contact Us ==
If you have questions or comments, please post them on the [https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/webprotege-feedback WebProtégé mailing list].<br /><br /><br />

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