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News
Here you find an overview about all news related to SMW+.
2012
On April 25th ontoprise has released the latest version of SMW+. The release 1.7.0 of the enterprise wiki comes with interesting new features and enhancements. The WYSIWYG editor has been improved, it is now easier to create texts with semantic annotations. The faceted search works faster and more convenient. With the filtering options within tabular forms you'll have more opportunities than ever to present, analyze and change data.
NYCFacets has won the NYC BigApps contest performing great as the overall winner. We congratulate Joel Natividad and Sami Baig and we are really happy about the job they did - and we are happy and proud about them using SMW+.
Introducing Markus Nitsche - Usability Engineer
We are happy to welcome to the SMW+ team Markus Nitsche. He has successfully completed his studies in Information Engineering with focus on Interactive systems at the University Konstanz. Markus supports us with competently establishing and implementing the usability requirements of SMW+.
You now have full access to the new and improved features of the current SMW+ release 1.6.0 even in the cloud. We have created different images (AMIs) for the Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2) for the different regions to fit all customers' needs. Note: The AMIs contain the latest fixes by the SMW+ team.
Looking for support - Community advocate
We are looking for you to support the SMW+ team in part-time - from anywhere in the world!
SMW+ partnership program launched
Ontoprise has launched a partnership program for companies or users with a broad experience in installing and customizing SMW+.
Unfortunately one of our server hard disks crashed tonight, the ontoprise repositories are accessible again! Thanks a lot Kai and your team!
Introducing Martin Koch - SMW+ Product Manager
We are very excited to have Martin Koch join the SMW+ Team as SMW+ Product Manager!
Release 1.6.0 of the SMW+ VMware Image is available
We are happy to announce that the VMware image of SMW+ 1.6.0 is now available. No installation required! Just download and run!
Migration successful! New URL smwplus.com
As you already might noticed, we have migrated to another server and another URL. Our services are now available under the following URL: http://www.smwplus.com
2011
Release 1.6.0 of SMW+ and the Halo extension available
We are happy to announce that release 1.6.0 of SMW+ and the Halo extension is now available.
Launching the SMW+ Ambassador Program
Today we are rolling out the SMW+ ambassador program. Many people make great contributions to SMW+, be it code, documentation, support, artwork or something else. We'd like to recognize some of them for their great work with the ambassador program.
SMWCon Fall 2011 talks and presentations on YouTube
Videos of talks and presentations from SMWCon Fall 2011, which was held on September 21-23 in Berlin, Germany, have been uploaded to YouTube.
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We have opened the next poll. It's about where you are hosting your SMW+ installation. Do you have a local installation just on your PC? Or is it maybe running on your own server in a data center? Or are you hosting it on some low-cost shared webspace? Let us know!
Bugfix release 1.5.6-1 of SMW+ and the Halo extension now available
On September 14th, the Halo team released SMW+ 1.5.6-1. It is a bugfix release which contains a bunch of compatibility updates and bug fixes as well as some feature improvements for release 1.5.6. We recommend the update for all SMW+ users since the touch up affects core elements like the WYSIWYG extension, the Ontology Browser and administration issues.
New example: how to import and re-use an external ontology
We have published a new, easy-to-follow example use of SMW+ that gives details on how you can download an ontology from the web and import it into SMW+. This ontology is then made use of in combination with your own ontological elements in order to save time and avoid errors.
Release 1.5.6 of SMW+ and the Halo extension now available
We are happy to announce that release 1.5.6 of SMW+ and the Halo extension is now available.
WE ARE HIRING A QA MANAGER AND SYSTEM ENGINEER
If you are a skilled Linux-administrator with enthusiasm to manage our quality assurance and build process then you are (most) probably the right person!
This year SemTech 2011 in San Francisco is the perfect opportunity to see the latest developments of the ontoprise product suite including SMW+.
Features/SMW+ release 1.5.3 bugfix
With the bugfix release SMW+ 1.5.3 b36 we have fixed some issues and included fixes that have been committed to the release branch since the initial release in April.
First Poll Results and Next Poll About Wiki Audience
The results of the first poll are here and the next question is waiting for your reply.
The second public testing competition is over. Thanks to all participants!
We are happy to announce that the release 1.5.3 of SMW+ and the Halo extensions is now available.
Features/SMW+ release 1.5.2 bugfix
Today, the Halo team has released SMW+_1.5.2_b268, as the release number implies, it is a bugfix release which contains all the compatibility updates and bug fixes for the last 2 months since the last release of 23.12.10.
2010
We are happy to announce the latest release 1.5.2 of SMW+ and the Halo extensions which were published December, 23th 2010.
Ontoprise Shop Update: More Payment Options and immediate Download
The Ontoprise Shop offers a new payment option! As from now on you can order your favourite software and support contracts more easily in a yet faster shop - and afterwards pay everything by credit card. The new option relieves you of the duty to set up an extra account, although the service is supported by the popular and internationally available paypal system. But the pick of the bunch is: you can download your software immediately after the payment. So don´t worry about waiting time, just ...
Upcoming Linked Data Extension for SMW+ presented at ISWC 2010
The upcoming Linked Data Extension ("LDE") for SMW+ was presented at the International Semantic Web Conference 2010 in Shanghai. The extension is being built to combine unified querying, navigation and visualization through large collections of data sources with wiki-style collaboration, crowdsourcing and commentary on the chosen data sets.
Try out the new "Automatic Semantic Forms"-extension
The ontoprise team gives a preview of the new extension named: "Automatic Semantic Forms"-Extension. This extension, which is installed on top of the "Semantic Forms"-Extension, automatically generates forms from the Wiki's ontology and keeps both always in sync. This allows non-Wikitext-programmers to make efficient use semantic forms in their Wiki.
We invite you to try out the "Automatic Semantic Forms"-Extension online and to give us feedback before we are releasing it officially in early De ...
Bugfix Release of Triple store connector available
We have published a new release of the Triple store connector (build 700). This release covers a number of bug-fixes. Since this is a bug-fix release the main version number (1.5.1) is kept; only the build number has changed.
Features/SMW+ release 1.5.1 bugfix
We have published a new release of SMW+/Halo 1.5.1 (build 1049). This release covers a number of bugfixes. We also increased the performance of SMW+ by tweaking some caching mechanisms. Since this is a bugfix release the main version number is kept; only the built number/patch level numbers were changed.
Release of SMW+ and Halo 1.5.1
The latest release 1.5.1 of SMW+ and the Halo extensions is now available.
Public testing of Halo 1.5.1 - few days to go!
We have noticed that a lot of Halo users are eagerly awaiting each new release to get the new features and fixes it provides. So in order to get it to you faster we will do two things for the release of 1.5.1:
Features/SMW+ release 1.5.0 bugfix
With the release SMW+ 1.5 we have fixed some minor issues and includes fixes that have been committed to the release branch since the initial release in April.
Survey results of planned features are online
A while ago we have asked the community to inspect and rate our upcoming features for Halo/SMW+ in 2010. Meanwhile we have evaluated the survey and published the results.
JavaScript problems that appeared with active Prototype.js framework are solved
We can happily announce that the problem with (Semantic) Maps not working in combination with an extension using the Prototyp.js library (esp. the Halo extension) has been found and fixed now.
New SMW+ 1.5.0 and Halo 1.5.0 released
This release of the Halo extension fixes a number of bugs and establishes full compatibility with Semantic MediaWiki version 1.5.0 and MediaWiki versions 1.15.2 and 1.15.3. We have extended the bundle of extensions with a scriptmanager, which ensures that needed Java Script libraries are only loaded once. Furthermore the TreeView can now be generated with data which comes from the triple store.
Likewise the ready-to-use enterprise wiki SMW+ (comprising MediaWiki, Semantic MediaWiki, Halo and ...
Planned features for Halo/SMW+ in 2010
We have outlined the planned features for SMW+/Halo in 2010. Inspect the new features and tell us what you think of them! Your feedback will be considered for further tailoring them to your needs.
2009
No news.
2008 and before
No news.
