SMW+
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| Developer(s) | ontoprise GmbH |
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| Stable release | 1.6.0 / December 2, 2011 |
| Written in | PHP |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | MediaWiki extension |
| License | GPL |
| Website | SMW+ homepage |
SMW+ is an open source software bundle composed of the wiki application MediaWiki along with a number of its extensions. It is produced by the German software company Ontoprise GmbH. SMW+'s extensions include, most notably, Semantic MediaWiki and the Halo Extension. Cumulatively, SMW+ functions as a semantic wiki, and is also meant to serve as an enterprise wiki for use within companies, for applications such as knowledge management and project management. It is claimed to be especially helpful for cataloguing risks informally identified in the early stages of a project [1] and later quantified using export facilities, e.g. to Microsoft Excel.
Ontoprise offers other tools to integrate more fully with SharePoint than most other mediawiki-based options, and offers the SMW+ platform in a number of formats including a Windows installer, Linux installer and VMware image.
SMW+ emerged from Project Halo, a research project meant to provide a platform for collaborative knowledge engineering for domain experts in the biology, chemistry and physics at the first stage.
SMW+ is being used amongst others by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO to power an online encyclopedia for oceanography.
[edit] References
- Business applications with SMW+, a Semantic Enterprise Wiki. Michael Erdmann, Daniel Hansch.
- Practical applications of Semantic MediaWiki in commercial environments - Case Study: semantic-based project management. Daniel Hansch, Hans-Peter Schnurr. Presented at the ESTC 2009.
- User-Centered Design and Evaluation of Interface Enhancements to the Semantic MediaWiki. Frederik Pfisterer, Markus Nitsche, Anthony Jameson and Catalin Barbu. Presented at the CHI2008 (Computer Human Interaction Conference).
- Semantic Wikis: A Comprehensible Introduction with Examples from the Health Sciences. Maged N. Kamel Boulos. Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence, Vol. 1, No. 1, August 2009
- Towards a Collaborative Semantic Wiki-based Approach to IT Service Management. Frank Kleiner, Andreas Abecker. Proceedings of I-SEMANTICS ’09.
[edit] External links
- SMW+ homepage
- Article at semanticweb.com about SMW+
- "Semantic Wikis: Fusing the two strands of the Semantic Web" - Talk given by Mark Greaves at the ISWC 2008
