Tools References

About VINE

luisBer — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:30:00 -0800

VINE: Vocabulary Integration Environment

Alpha release of Web-based application (2009-09-01)

MMI is currently enabling the VINE functionality as a web-based application that ties in directly with other tools in the MMI Semantic Framework and the MMI Ontology Registry and Repository (ORR).

Apollo

kwalz — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:47:00 -0800

ArcCatalog Metadata Tools

swatson — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:20:00 -0800

ArcCatalog is part of the ArcGIS software package and includes a form entry tool for developing FGDC compliant metadata. The metadata files can be stored in XML, HTML, SGML among other formats. The files can be edited in the tool. It is also possible to import metadata from other files (e.g., if you develop a template) or to export metadata for use in other files (e.g., as a template).p>

ArcView Metadata Collector

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:38:35 -0800

For those still working in ArcView 3.x ... ArcView Metadata Collector is an easy-to-use application that helps the ArcView 3.x user create Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)–compliant metadata. The tool can create metadata for any data type supported by ArcView, including ARC/INFO coverages, ArcView shapefiles, as well as any supported image formats. This award winning tool is free.

Recommended by D. Wright and the Oregon Coastal Atlas team, particularly when dealing with FGDC metadata.

Bathymetry Attributed Grid (BAG)

luisBer — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:50:00 -0800

References:

Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) Museum Metadata Standards

agale — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:35:36 -0700

Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)

Museum Metadata Crosswalks(2004-08-20)

Canonical Object Browser (COBE)

swatson — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:20:00 -0800

COBE is a Java application for creating metadata definitions and performing metadata crosswalking or mapping. To be used with MOBE.

CatMDEdit

luisBer — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:58:00 -0800

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Chew 'N Spit Pre-Parser for Metadata

swatson — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:20:00 -0800

This parser converts metadata records that cannot be parsed by MP into records that can be parsed by MP. It takes as input a poorly-formatted metadata file and, optionally, a list of element aliases, and outputs (1) a metadata file that can be read by both mp and xtme and (2) a file listing all of the lines that it couldn't figure out where to put.

CIRCO Taxonomy Administrator

kwalz — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:50:00 -0800

Using an ontology-based CIRCA technology, the Taxonomy Administrator in Auto-Categorizer 1.1 maps concepts in a simple, direct manner without requiring the development of extensive training sets to define each of the categories. Users of the technology can directly map their custom terminologies to its two gigabyte ontology, a continuously maintained and updated knowledge base containing millions of concepts and relationship links through the Auto-Categorizer tool.

Class Ncx Crawler

swatson — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:20:00 -0800

Java standalone application to crawl recursively a local directory tree and extract the metadata from all netcdf files. Metadata files may be stored in a parallel directory tree rooted at the specified location, or all in the same directory. NcxCrawler calls repeatedly the processing method of Ncx to do the actual processing. Note: because of security restrictions, application will work on local netcdf files only Note: existing metadata files will be overwritten

Cmap Tools

kwalz — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:35:00 -0800

From web site: "The IHMC CmapTools program empowers users to construct, navigate, share and criticize knowledge models represented as concept maps.

COBrA

kwalz — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:50:00 -0800

COBrA allows the user to manually create links between terms in two ontologies. For example, links between tissues in an anatomy and the cell types of the tissues can be recorded and stored: these links are referred to as mappings.

Has the following features:

CoGITaNT

kwalz — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:50:00 -0800

Conceptual graph (CG) modeling with rules; nested typed graphs; projections.

CoGITaNT is a C++ library.

Content Standards Field Comparison Matrix: Introduction

graybeal — Wed, 23 May 2007 10:22:00 -0700

As part of its mission, the Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications (IOOS DMAC) Metadata Expert Team has been working on a list of the fields represented in various content standards. While the work is likely to continue for some time, MMI has been given permission to post and modify a separately maintained version, referenced here.

CoRIS Metadata Crosswalk

agale — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:15:58 -0700

Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS)

Metadata Crosswalk (pdf, 756 kb)

DAG-Edit

kwalz — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:50:00 -0800

The DAG-Edit datamodels are all enclosed in the org.bdgp.apps.dagedit.datamodel package.

Note that most datamodel classes are mutable, and their fields can be directly written by any piece of code that can access them. However, this should almost never be done. The ontologies represented by DAG-Edit are rooted, labeled, directed acyclic graphs. Each node may have multiple parents and children, but there is a single root node. Each relationship between parent and child (or child and parent) is labeled (with a TermRelationshipType).

DAML UML Enhanced Tool (DUET)

kwalz — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:50:00 -0800

From the website: "DUET provides a UML visualization and authoring environment for DAML. Core DAML concepts are being mapped into UML through a UML profile for DAML. DUET will have the capability to work with multiple ontologies simultaneously, and to interact with other DAML services to interactively build ontologies. It's intended users are database designers and systems engineers, many of who all ready have a good understanding of UML and object-oriented modeling, which they can leverage to apply DAML to their systems."

DBFMeta

swatson — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:20:00 -0800

DBFmeta is a software tool developed by USGS. It is designed to facilitate the documentation of data contained in DBF files. These data files are increasingly common because they are used to store attributes of geographic features in shapefiles used and produced by ESRI products. DBFmeta comes with mp, a parser for formal metadata, and is most effectively used with Tkme, an editor for formal metadata.

Deegree

luisBer — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:25:00 -0800

Reference URL(s):

URL: Main page
URL: Supported feature details (WMS, WFS, WCS, CSW, WTS and WPVS).

DFO Common Data Dictionary

rkl — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:57:00 -0800

Discovery Machine Modeler

kwalz — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:25:00 -0800

DL-workbench

kwalz — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:50:00 -0800

From web site: "DL-workbench contains three main modules. First module defines a meta-model for description of ontological formalisms. It provides an API that allows management of ontological entities, containers of entities, reasoner connection and many other features that are useful when one needs to use an ontological model within its project. A second module of DL-workbench is a formalism-independent user interface for edition of meta-model based ontologies. This module uses the meta-model and is implemented as a plug-in to the IBM Eclipse [10] platform.

DOGMAModeler

kwalz — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:50:00 -0800

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ebXML (Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language)

luisBer — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:25:00 -0800
ebXML is a fairly mature set of developments in the use of XML to exchange information on the web. One of many ongoing ebXML activities is the specification of functionality for registries and repositories for ontologies. References
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