Version: Inspector Gadget (Release June 2014)#
d3web is an extensible Java API for running knowledge-based systems. The Semantic Wiki KnowWE builds on the engine d3web and offers the web-based and distributed development of knowledge bases.
This distribution comes with the following files:
| Release Notes.pdf | This document. |
| Licenses.pdf | License information of the d3web and KnowWE systems and all external libraries. Please find the license texts in the directory license_texts. |
| d3web Quickstart.pdf | A first steps installation readme for using the d3web libraries |
| KnowWE Quickstart.pdf | A first steps manual for installing and starting KnowWE |
| d3web | Folder containing the binaries (libraries), the sources, and the JavaDoc information of d3web |
| KnowWE | Folder containing an installation archive (zip) as binary, the sources, and the JavaDoc information of KnowWE |
| Closed Sources | Folder containing password protected closed sources of the TimeDB plugins |
| Tools | Folder containing the tools KnowledgeBaseBook (creates a PDF version of the knowledge base), Testing-App (allows to continuously test knowledge bases) and KnowWE-Headless-App (application to create knowledge bases from wikicontents without using KnowWE in a wiki environment). |
| Quality Report | Folder containing all files of the quality assessment report for this release. It contains the test protocols of the system tests (based on Fitnesse and the manual system tests), a summary of the integration tests, and a detailed analysis of the unit tests and the static code analysis. |
System Requirements#
Installation of d3web requires the Java Platform, Standard Edition JRE 6. KnowWE requires JRE version 7. For operating systems, the distribution runs with MS-Windows XP, Windows 7 and Mac OS 10.6 or higher.
We officially support Firefox 3.6 or better and Google Chrome 14 or better. Please note, that we do not officially support Internet Explorer at the moment.
What's New#
The release includes the following notable new features:
d3web#
- Extension of TestCase XML: TestCases in XML-format (SequentialTestCase) now also allow for findings with regular expression, enabling testing with date questions.
KnowWE#
- New standard Turtle Markup: KnowWEs Turtle Markup is now much more compatible to the official turtle standard and also allows to properly define terms in KnowWE by assigning a rdf:type to the subject.
- Extension of the Rules-Markup: Rules now also allow to define actions in the ELSE and UNKNOWN case. For more information, see rule documentation (like on d3web.de).
- New Object Info: Instead of opening a new page to show information on the current object, the information is show in a fast and clean dialog on the current page also allowing to edit the shown information.
- New Renaming Tool: Renaming can now be done independent of the Object Info directly on the page (similar to renaming in Eclipse).
- TestCasePlayer Improvements:
- TestCasePlayer now also shows Names of the checks, if they are given in the TestCase.
- There is a new status icon showing whether the TestCase has any test failures in the current run (important for multi-page cases).
- TestCaseTables now support findings with multiple simultaneous choices for multiple choice questions by using multiple columns for the same question.
- Multi-Window Improvements: To improve working with multiple open windows or tabs of KnowWE, tabs are now quickly refreshed when gaining focus.
- New Indent Tools/Shortcuts: While selecting multiple lines, pressing Tab, *, #, or - will add this character in front of all selected lines. Shift + Tab removes those characters. Use this to clean indentation or for creating lists and decision trees.
- Sparql Improvements: Sparql queries in KnowWE now happen asynchronously, are cached (until the ontology changes) and also have an adjustable automatic timeout to not slow down the server with failing queries.
- Compiler Refactoring: Extensive refactoring and modernization of the compiler architecture of KnowWE, making it more responsive (more concurrency/parallelism) and ready for great features in the future.
Fixed Issues#
The IDs of the listed issues correspond to the ticket tracking system available at https://tickets.denkbares.com
.
| Product | ID | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 367 | d3web | JVM crash in connection with ActionHeuristicPS | WORKSFORME |
| 530 | d3web | Exception occured during problem solving | FIXED |
| 533 | d3web | Fine logging of long messages while propagating | FIXED |
| 534 | d3web | Multi-Threading issue with formatting DateValue | DUPLICATE |
| 293 | KnowWE | Order of TerminologyObjects dependent on article name while using packages | FIXED |
| 467 | KnowWE | Turtle syntax for new ontology markup | FIXED |
| 450 | KnowWE | JSPWikiMarkup is not properly escaped for terms | FIXED |
| 468 | KnowWE | Improvements for %%RenderKDOM | FIXED |
| 491 | KnowWE | Make new tool for LeftMenu allowing to look up object information | FIXED |
| 522 | KnowWE | Turtle markup does not accept commas in quoted literals. | FIXED |
| 526 | KnowWE | Use hrefs for tool menu links (instead of window.location =...) | FIXED |
| 536 | KnowWE | Impossible to add more than one observation variable in TestCasePlayer | FIXED |
| 537 | KnowWE | Page renaming causes exception | FIXED |
| 539 | KnowWE | Inconsistent error messages after editing TurtleMarkup | FIXED |
| 542 | KnowWE | "Cookie-Overflow" on localhost with browsers having "restore session" active | FIXED |
| 543 | KnowWE | KnowWEPlugin listplugins causes rendering exception | FIXED |
| 545 | KnowWE | Extend rules markup: IF -> THEN -> ELSE -> UNKNOWN | FIXED |
| 548 | KnowWE | Dates cannot be checked in TestCase-Player | FIXED |
| 550 | KnowWE | Guest users may edit pages, but policy should prevent this | FIXED |
| 551 | KnowWE | Problems parsing outgoing edges of subflows using "&" in name | FIXED |
| 553 | KnowWE | SPARQL: Comments not supported in query markup | FIXED |
| 554 | KnowWE | Comment-Tool for DefaultMarkup | FIXED |
| 438 | KnowWE | Link to rules / derivation of item | FIXED |
| 516 | KnowWE | [DiaFlux] Navigate to parent not by clicking start/end nodes | FIXED |
| 525 | KnowWE | Problems with multi word questions in guard formulas | FIXED |
| 552 | KnowWE | [DiaFlux] Inconsistency in behavior of flows in context of snapshots | FIXED |
| 138 | KnowWE | [Internet Explorer] Rendering output lacks a lot of line breaks | FIXED |
| 117 | KnowWE | URIDecoding of request parameters is done twice: once by Tomcat and once in KnowWEParameterMap | FIXED |
| 535 | KnowWE | Enable table pagination for term review table | FIXED |
| 557 | KnowWE | PreviewRenderer for TurtleMarkups is (sometimes) broken | FIXED |
Known Issues#
The IDs of the listed issues correspond to the ticket tracking system available at https://tickets.denkbares.com.
| ID | Product | Severity | Title | Release Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 213 | KnowWE | trivial | [Internet Explorer] DiaFlux edit panel does not work with IE9 | Currently we do not officially support the Internet Explorer in KnowWE. |
| 451 | KnowWE | minor | Trying to use triple curly braces in DefaultMarkups destroys these markups | Workaround: Please try to avoid triple curly braces inside KnowWE markups. |
Open-Source Projects#
| Project Name | Contents | QA | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| d3web-EmpiricalTesting | Validation of knowledge bases using test cases | release | |
| d3web-GlobalTests | A summarizing project for integration tests combining different projects and components, respectively. | release | |
| d3web-Kernel | Knowledge representation, basic problem-solvers, session management, default dialog control | X | release |
| d3web-Persistence | IO component for saving and loading knowledge bases | X | release |
| d3web-Plugin-BasicProperties | Definition of properties for terminology objects using the plugin.xml file | X | release |
| d3web-Plugin-CostBenefit | Implementation of a dialog strategy (indication of questions) based on a cost-benefit principle. | release | |
| d3web-Plugin-DiaFlux | Reasoning problem-solver for the DiaFlux language | X | release |
| d3web-Plugin-Interview | Interviews interfaces and form strategies | X | release |
| d3web-Plugin-Kernel-ExtensionPoints | The extension possibilities of the d3web kernel defined in the plugin.xml file. | X | release |
| d3web-Plugin-Persistence-Basic | see d3web-Persistence | X | release |
| d3web-Plugin-Persistence-ExtensionPoints | see d3web-Persistence | X | release |
| d3web-Plugin-SessionPersistence-Basic | see d3web-SessionPersistence | X | release |
| d3web-Plugin-SessionPersistence-ExtensionPoints | see d3web-SessionPersistence | X | release |
| d3web-Plugin-TestingFramework | Framework allowing the continuous execution of tests on knowledge bases and other objects. | X | release |
| d3web-Plugin-Tests | Contains tests to be run with the TestingFramework | X | release |
| d3web-Plugin-XCL | The set-covering model reasoning engine implemented as problem-solver plugin for the d3web Kernel. | release | |
| d3web-PluginManager | Manages plugins for d3web and KnowWE. | X | release |
| d3web-SessionPersistence | IO components for loading and saving standard cases (i.e. sessions) | X | release |
| Project Name | Contents | QA | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| d3web-TestCase | Components for executing test cases on a d3web knowledge base | X | release |
| d3web-Utils | Contains a variaty of util classes and tools to be used in d3web and KnowWE | release | |
| KnowWE-App | Framework app of KnowWE | X | release |
| KnowWE-core | Basic engines for parsing and the management of wiki content | X | release |
| KnowWE-GlobalTestUtils | Small set of classes for testing the KnowWE implementation | beta | |
| KnowWE-KDOMParseUtils | Utils for internal data structure of KnowWE | release | |
| KnowWE-Plugin-CI4KE | Plugin for implementing the continuous integration dashboard and engine of KnowWE | X | release |
| KnowWE-Plugin-CITestModules-d3web | Continuous integration tests for d3web knowledge bases in KnowWE | X | release |
| KnowWE-Plugin-Core | Core plugins and handlers of KnowWE | X | release |
| KnowWE-Plugin-d3web-basic | The fundamental components to integrate the d3web engine into KnowWE | X | release |
| KnowWE-Plugin-d3web-MarkupSet | Standard markup components used by some KnowWE/d3web plugins | X | release |
| KnowWE-Plugin-DiaFlux | Authoring plugin for KnowWE of the DiaFlux language | X | release |
| KnowWE-Plugin-ExtensionPoints | All extension possibilities for plugging KnowWE | X | release |
| KnowWE-Plugin-Include | Allows to render contents of other wiki pages with a simple markup | release | |
| KnowWE-Plugin-InstantEdit | Plugin to allow fast and easy editing of KnowWE articles | release | |
| KnowWE-Plugin-JSPWiki-Connector | The connector between the parent wiki engine JSPWiki and the extension KnowWE | X | release |
| KnowWE-Plugin-JSPWiki-MarkupSet | Allows the interaction of KnowWE plugins with the default JSPWiki-Markup | beta | |
| KnowWE-Plugin-KBRenderer | Plugin for easy rendering of the knowledge base content inside KnowWE articles | beta | |
| KnowWE-Plugin-Ontology-MarkupSet | Provides several markups (e.g. turtle) for the creation of ontological knowledge in KnowWE | beta | |
| KnowWE-Plugin-QuickInterview | A plugin to quickly enter a problem-solving session | X | release |
| KnowWE-Plugin-Rdf2GoSemanticCore | Provides Rdf2Go triple store to KnowWE enabling creation of ontological knowledge | beta | |
| KnowWE-Plugin-Table | Default markups for tables, also usable by other plugins. | release | |
| KnowWE-Plugin-Tagging | Tagging plugin of KnowWE | X | release |
| Product | ID | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| KnowWE-Plugin-TestCase | Markups for entering test cases in KnowWE | X | release |
| KnowWE-Plugin-TestCases | Executing test cases in KnowWE | X | release |
| KnowWE-Plugin-Wikicontent-Download | Admin-Tool allowing to download the wiki content as a zip file | release | |
| KnowWE-Resources | Template files for the KnowWE server engine | X | release |
Commercial Projects (free to use)#
| Project Name | Contents | QA | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| d3web-Plugin-ImageMap | Allows the annotation of images to be connected with answers of questions | beta | |
| KnowWE-Plugin-AutoComplete | A code completion feature for KnowWE markups | release | |
| KnowWE-Plugin-DenkbaresDialog | Interactive, web-based interview for running a problem-solving session | release | |
| KnowWE-Plugin-EditMode | Special editing mode for KnowWE to allow faster and direct editing an rearranging of the wiki page | release | |
| KnowWE-Plugin-ImageMap | see d3web-Plugin-ImageMap | beta | |
| KnowWE-Plugin-Todos | A simple plugin to manage todos within the wiki | X | release |
Legend:
| Project Name | Corresponds to the name of the Maven project, i.e., the name of the source code project. For simplicity, plugin postfixes are omitted (e.g., *jpf-plugin) |
|---|---|
| Contents | A further description of the contents of this module |
| QA | Under regulation of the project contract. All contracted projects are certainly subject of the quality management system. Non-contracted modules may be subject to changes in the proposed release plan. |
| State | Quality assessment of the project: no: Not officially included, experimental demo alpha: Basic functions included, API to be considered as "unstable" documentation partly available/not available mostly untested beta: All functions are included documentation available functionality tested on unit level release: All functions are included documentation available functionality tested on system level (integration tests) internal processes fully applied (issue management, development process) |
Changes concerning compatibility#
The following sections describe changes of this release, that are of importance to users migrating from previous releases:
d3web API#
There are no noteworthy changes to the API of d3web.
d3web #
Changes for the TimeDB functions/operators: equal, unequal, lt, le, gt, ge (==, !=, <, <=, >, >=): In case an empty history is compared with a value, if the history is empty or only contains undefined values, undefined is returned (instead of true, like before).
KnowWE#
No relevant changes.
Resources and Links#
- A wiki for users and developers:
http://www.d3web.de
- The official SourceForge website of d3web:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/d3web/
