Altova SemanticWorks 2012 - Upgrade from Altova SemanticWorks 2011

What’s new in Altova SemanticWorks 2012?
The following bug fixes were added to the 2012 release.

• Arabic characters not accepted as class names by SemanticWorks
• Classes in taxonomy are declared invalid
• Enable import of RDF schema in OWL Full
• Semantic check fails to note incorrect object property as described in tutorial
• URIref prefixes toggles on/off spontaneously when editing file in TextView
• Syntax and semantic check in SemanticWorks incorrectly report error on missing type in instance (OWL DL)
• Semanticworks crashes when hitting 'del' in the instances detail view while the drop down menu to change a datatype is open
• Export function does not check for validuty
• Failed verification of equivalence class extension
• rdf:XMLLiteral is not offered as datatype for a value in RDF/ OWL view. Only schema datatypes are shown.
• owl:TransitiveProperty only permitted with OWL Full

Create Semantic Web Documents Visually

Altova SemanticWorks allows you to graphically create and edit RDF instance documents, RDFS vocabularies, and OWL ontologies with full syntax checking. Context-sensitive entry helpers present you with a list of permitted choices based on the RDF or OWL dialect you’re using, so you can create valid documents quickly and easily.

SemanticWorks provides powerful, easy-to-use functionality for:

• Visual creation and editing of RDF, RDF Schema (RDFS), OWL Lite, OWL DL, and OWL Full documents using an intuitive, visual interface and drag-and-drop functionality
• Syntax checking to ensure conformance with the RDF/XML specifications
• Auto-generation and editing of RDF/XML or N-triples formats based on visual RDF/OWL design
• Printing the graphical RDF and OWL representations to create documentation for Semantic Web implementations

You can switch from the graphical RDF/OWL view to the text view to see how your document is being built in RDF/XML or N-triples format, and you can export your file from RDF/XML to N-triples or vice versa at any time. And, because the RDF/XML or N-triples code is auto-generated based on your design, you can learn and experiment with the concepts of the Semantic Web without having to write complicated code.

Semantic Web Support 

• Graphical editor for RDF documents
• Graphical editor for RDF Schema Vocabularies (RDFS) 
• Graphical editor for OWL ontologies
• Semantic check for ontologies

RDF/RDFS Editing 

• Select RDF conformance level (RDF, RDFS)  
• Syntax check   
• Overview grouped by Classes, Properties, Instances   
• Visibility of blank nodes switchable  
• Import of documents  
• Reload imports  
• Resolve imports on open and on validate is switchable  
• Customizable detail view settings: Draw direction, distances etc.  
• Opening and saving of RDF, RDF Schema and OWL files as well as N-triple ( nt ) files  
• Export RDF/XML format to N-triples  
• Export N-triples to RDF/XML
• Pretty-print RDF/XML files via export as RDF/XML
• Prefixes to abbreviate URI references can be conveniently set in a special table
• Entering URIs either abbreviated or as a full URI   

OWL Editing 

• Select OWL conformance level (OWL Lite, OWL DL, OWL Full)
• Syntax check 
• Overview grouped by Classes, Properties, Instances, AllDifferent, Ontologies
• Context View that shows all properties within the currently selected class, or all instances of a class
• Semantic Check for OWL Lite and OWL DL (consistency check)
• Visibility of blank nodes switchable
• Import of documents
• Reload imports
• Resolve imports on open and on validate is switchable
• Customizable detail view settings: Draw direction, distances etc.  
• Opening and saving of RDF, RDF Schema and WOL files as well as N-triple files (nt) 
• Export RDF/XML format to N-triples 
• Export N-triples to RDF/XML 
• Pretty-print RDF/XML files via export as RDF/XML
• Prefixes to abbreviate URI references can be conveniently set in a special table 
• Entering URIs either abbreviated or as a full URI  

Connectivity 

• Filesystem access

User Interface 

• Extended Font settings for all views
• Configurable printing and print-preview
• Powerful find&replace capabilities
• Improved customization of toolbars, shortcuts
• Unlimited Undo / Redo
• Improved floating/detachable menus
• Multi-document interface
• Enhanced context-sensitive entry-helper windows

International support 

• Unicode (UTF-7, UTF-8, UTF-16, ISO-10646, UCS-2, UCS-4) 
• All major Characterset Encodings (ASCII, ISO-8859, CJKV, etc.) 
• Conversion between different charactersets and Unicode

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