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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold; font-size:20px;">Protege 4.1 Alpha</span><br /><br />
 
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold; font-size:20px;">Protege 4.1 Alpha</span><br /><br />
  
This alpha version of Protege 4.1 is the first Protege release that is fully conformant with OWL 2.0.  The [http://www.w3.org/TR/owl2-syntax/ OWL 2.0 language specification] only recently became a recommendation on October 27, 2009.
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'''For Users:'''<br />
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Protege 4.1 alpha is the first Protege release that is fully conformant with OWL 2.0.  The [http://www.w3.org/TR/owl2-syntax/ OWL 2.0 language specification] only recently became a recommendation on October 27, 2009.
  
Starting with the Protege 4.1 release, it is our intention to utilize Protege's [[EnablePluginAutoUpdate|automatic update mechanism]] to distribute new features and bug fixes.  We hope that this will allow us to be more responsive to issues reported on the [http://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/p4-feedback Protege 4 mailing list], and result in faster progress toward a stable release of Protege 4.1.
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Starting with Protege 4.1, it is our intention to utilize Protege's [[EnablePluginAutoUpdate|automatic update mechanism]] to distribute new features and bug fixes.  We hope that this will allow us to be more responsive to issues reported on the [http://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/p4-feedback Protege 4 mailing list], and result in faster progress toward a stable release of Protege 4.1.
  
We have also made some changes to the format of the distribution:
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We also made some changes to the distribution formats:
  
* We are providing the OS X community the ability to download Protege in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_Bundle application bundle format].
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* The OS X community now has the option to download Protege in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_Bundle application bundle format].
* The platform-independent installer program has been designed so that it is compatible with use on a multi-user operating system.  This means that an administrator can install a single read-only copy of Protege on a system that will be used by many users sharing access to the system.
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* The platform-independent installer program was redesigned to be compatible with use on a multi-user operating system.  This means that an administrator can install a single read-only copy of Protege on a system that will be used by many users sharing system access.
  
For developers, this version of Protege is based on version 3.0.0 of the [http://owlapi.sourceforge.net/ OWL API], which is the first released version of the OWL API that is conformant with OWL 2.0.  Version 3.0.0 of the OWL API has some incompatibilities with version 2 of the the OWL API.  As a consequence, plug-ins developed for Protege 4.1 will not be backwards compatible with Protege 4.0.*.  It is recommended that new development be done against the 4.1 version of Protege as this is the focus of future work.
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''' For Developers:'''<br />
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Protege 4.1 alpha is based on version 3.0.0 of the [http://owlapi.sourceforge.net/ OWL API], which is the first version of the OWL API that conforms to the OWL 2.0 language specification.  Version 3.0.0 has some incompatibilities with previous versions of the the OWL API.  As a consequence, plug-ins developed for Protege 4.1 will not be backwards compatible with Protege 4.0.*.  We recommend that new development be done against the 4.1 version of Protege as this is the focus of future work.
  
  
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== Release Notes ==
 
== Release Notes ==
  
=== Build 100 -- March 3, 2010 ===
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=== Build 102 -- March 19, 2010 ===
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This build includes a fix for a serious bug with all save dialogs that can cause ontologies to be overwritten. We strongly suggest that all users upgrade to this build.
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Also in this build:
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* Fixed the update mechanism so that in the future the type of problem listed above could be fixed with an update.  :)
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* Added some reasoner preferences that allow the user to have fine grained control over what reasoning Protege performs.
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* Corrected some errors in the displayed inferences.
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* Restored the old Mac open and save dialogs.
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* Fixed the shortcut for the performing a classification on the Mac.
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=== Build 100 -- March 4, 2010 ===
 
Initial alpha release.
 
Initial alpha release.
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== Download ==
 
== Download ==
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http://protege.cim3.net/download/old-releases/4.1%20alphas/

Latest revision as of 15:54, May 20, 2011


Protege 4.1 Alpha

For Users:
Protege 4.1 alpha is the first Protege release that is fully conformant with OWL 2.0. The OWL 2.0 language specification only recently became a recommendation on October 27, 2009.

Starting with Protege 4.1, it is our intention to utilize Protege's automatic update mechanism to distribute new features and bug fixes. We hope that this will allow us to be more responsive to issues reported on the Protege 4 mailing list, and result in faster progress toward a stable release of Protege 4.1.

We also made some changes to the distribution formats:

  • The OS X community now has the option to download Protege in the application bundle format.
  • The platform-independent installer program was redesigned to be compatible with use on a multi-user operating system. This means that an administrator can install a single read-only copy of Protege on a system that will be used by many users sharing system access.


For Developers:
Protege 4.1 alpha is based on version 3.0.0 of the OWL API, which is the first version of the OWL API that conforms to the OWL 2.0 language specification. Version 3.0.0 has some incompatibilities with previous versions of the the OWL API. As a consequence, plug-ins developed for Protege 4.1 will not be backwards compatible with Protege 4.0.*. We recommend that new development be done against the 4.1 version of Protege as this is the focus of future work.



Release Notes

Build 102 -- March 19, 2010

This build includes a fix for a serious bug with all save dialogs that can cause ontologies to be overwritten. We strongly suggest that all users upgrade to this build.

Also in this build:

  • Fixed the update mechanism so that in the future the type of problem listed above could be fixed with an update.  :)
  • Added some reasoner preferences that allow the user to have fine grained control over what reasoning Protege performs.
  • Corrected some errors in the displayed inferences.
  • Restored the old Mac open and save dialogs.
  • Fixed the shortcut for the performing a classification on the Mac.


Build 100 -- March 4, 2010

Initial alpha release.


Download

http://protege.cim3.net/download/old-releases/4.1%20alphas/