KnowWE is a semantic wiki that provides the possibility to define and maintain ontologies together with strong problem-solving knowledge.
Ontologies can be formulated using the RDF(S) or OWL standard: RDF(S) can be included by using the turtle markup, whereas the markup for OWL uses the Manchester syntax.
Additionally, KnowWE provides markups for the formalization of the strong problem-solving methods of d3web-Core.
This includes
Decision trees
Scoring and abstraction rules
Decision tables
Flowchart knowledge with DiaFlux models
Set-covering models
KnowWE offers a toolset for the entire knowledge engineering life cycle including
Testing and visually debugging knowledge bases
Refactoring of knowledge bases, e.g., rename question, rename solution, etc.
Evaluation of knowledge bases including the analysis of knowledge bases for anomalies
Continuous integration of knowledge by knowledge builds
Since, KnowWE provides a sophisticated plugin architecture, most of the features are included as plugins.
New plugins can be easily introduced; see the developer How-Tos for more details.
Installation of KnowWE requires the Java Platform, Standard Edition JDK 6 of higher.
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 higher and Google Chrome. Currently, the Internet Explorer is not officially
supported.