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Brief introduction to the most interesting features of Wandora:  | Brief introduction to the most interesting features of Wandora:  | ||
| + | * Graphical user interface  | ||
| + | ** Topic map browser  | ||
| + | ** Extensive collection of tools to manipulate topics and associations  | ||
* Layered representation of knowledge  | * Layered representation of knowledge  | ||
| + | ** Contruct the knowledge using several different layers, each containing only part of the knowledge  | ||
** You can view only parts of data and hide parts that don't intrest you  | ** You can view only parts of data and hide parts that don't intrest you  | ||
| − | ** Automatic merging of different data sources  | + | ** Automatic merging of different and even distributed data sources  | 
** Protect some parts of topic map by allowing only read access  | ** Protect some parts of topic map by allowing only read access  | ||
* Several data storage options  | * Several data storage options  | ||
** Memory based topic map for very fast processing of relatively small topic maps  | ** Memory based topic map for very fast processing of relatively small topic maps  | ||
** Relational database storage makes it possible to use topic maps of virtually unlimited size  | ** Relational database storage makes it possible to use topic maps of virtually unlimited size  | ||
| + | ** Relational database storage enables remote third party topic maps as a layer of your layer stack  | ||
* Import data in several formats  | * Import data in several formats  | ||
** Topic maps in XTM and LTM formats  | ** Topic maps in XTM and LTM formats  | ||
** RDF data in RDF(S) and N3 formats  | ** RDF data in RDF(S) and N3 formats  | ||
| + | ** Any valid XML document can be transformed to XTM with proper XSL  | ||
** Generic SQL database import  | ** Generic SQL database import  | ||
| + | ** Clipboard import and export of topics and associations  | ||
* Read metadata from different file types  | * Read metadata from different file types  | ||
** MP3 ID3 metadata  | ** MP3 ID3 metadata  | ||
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** PDF metadata  | ** PDF metadata  | ||
** Email metadata  | ** Email metadata  | ||
| − | * Tools to publish knowledge as   | + | ** Extract data from file system  | 
| + | ** Extract data from HTML pages  | ||
| + | * Tools to publish knowledge  | ||
| + | ** Export the topic map as a collection of static HTML pages  | ||
| + | ** Set up a dynamic WWW site based on the topic map with Wandora-Piccolo combination  | ||
| + | ** Download and manage subject locator files  | ||
* Plugin architecture makes it easy to add custom functionality  | * Plugin architecture makes it easy to add custom functionality  | ||
** Tools that process topic map, for example cleaning or reconstructing data  | ** Tools that process topic map, for example cleaning or reconstructing data  | ||
Revision as of 12:45, 1 November 2006
Brief introduction to the most interesting features of Wandora:
-  Graphical user interface
- Topic map browser
 - Extensive collection of tools to manipulate topics and associations
 
 -  Layered representation of knowledge
- Contruct the knowledge using several different layers, each containing only part of the knowledge
 - You can view only parts of data and hide parts that don't intrest you
 - Automatic merging of different and even distributed data sources
 - Protect some parts of topic map by allowing only read access
 
 -  Several data storage options
- Memory based topic map for very fast processing of relatively small topic maps
 - Relational database storage makes it possible to use topic maps of virtually unlimited size
 - Relational database storage enables remote third party topic maps as a layer of your layer stack
 
 -  Import data in several formats
- Topic maps in XTM and LTM formats
 - RDF data in RDF(S) and N3 formats
 - Any valid XML document can be transformed to XTM with proper XSL
 - Generic SQL database import
 - Clipboard import and export of topics and associations
 
 -  Read metadata from different file types
- MP3 ID3 metadata
 - Adobe Photoshop JPEG metadata
 - PDF metadata
 - Email metadata
 - Extract data from file system
 - Extract data from HTML pages
 
 -  Tools to publish knowledge
- Export the topic map as a collection of static HTML pages
 - Set up a dynamic WWW site based on the topic map with Wandora-Piccolo combination
 - Download and manage subject locator files
 
 -  Plugin architecture makes it easy to add custom functionality
- Tools that process topic map, for example cleaning or reconstructing data
 - Importing data in different formats, for example from existing relational database
 - Exporting data in different formats
 - Reading and automatic processing of metadata from a collection of files
 - Customized ways to represent the data in the topic map
 - Custom publishing methods