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<table style="width: 100%; "><tr><th class="smwpropname"><h3>A</h3></th><th></th></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Category:API" title="Category:API">API</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/Category:API" title="Special:Browse/Category:API">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">Tools whose primary goal is to define, and possibly implement, an API for handling Semantic Web data (RDF, OWL, etc).&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20whose-20primary-20goal-20is-20to-20define,-20and-20possibly-20implement,-20an-20API-20for-20handling-20Semantic-20Web-20data-20(RDF,-20OWL,-20etc)." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20whose-20primary-20goal-20is-20to-20define,-20and-20possibly-20implement,-20an-20API-20for-20handling-20Semantic-20Web-20data-20(RDF,-20OWL,-20etc).">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><th class="smwpropname"><h3>C</h3></th><th></th></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Category:Command_Line_Tool" title="Category:Command Line Tool">Command Line Tool</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/Category:Command-20Line-20Tool" title="Special:Browse/Category:Command-20Line-20Tool">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">Command line tools that can be used either by themselves or through a processing pipeline&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Command-20line-20tools-20that-20can-20be-20used-20either-20by-20themselves-20or-20through-20a-20processing-20pipeline" title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Command-20line-20tools-20that-20can-20be-20used-20either-20by-20themselves-20or-20through-20a-20processing-20pipeline">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><th class="smwpropname"><h3>D</h3></th><th></th></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Category:Development_Environment" title="Category:Development Environment">Development Environment</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/Category:Development-20Environment" title="Special:Browse/Category:Development-20Environment">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">Tools that provide complex development environments for Semantic Web applications, going beyond a simple library for a programming language.&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20provide-20complex-20development-20environments-20for-20Semantic-20Web-20applications,-20going-20beyond-20a-20simple-20library-20for-20a-20programming-20language." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20provide-20complex-20development-20environments-20for-20Semantic-20Web-20applications,-20going-20beyond-20a-20simple-20library-20for-20a-20programming-20language.">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><th class="smwpropname"><h3>E</h3></th><th></th></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Category:Editor" title="Category:Editor">Editor</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/Category:Editor" title="Special:Browse/Category:Editor">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">Tools that format specific editors for Semantic Web Data formats.&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20format-20specific-20editors-20for-20Semantic-20Web-20Data-20formats." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20format-20specific-20editors-20for-20Semantic-20Web-20Data-20formats.">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><th class="smwpropname"><h3>G</h3></th><th></th></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/GRDDL" title="GRDDL">GRDDL</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/GRDDL" title="Special:Browse/GRDDL">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">GRDDL is a technique for obtaining RDF data from XML documents and in particular XHTML pages. Authors may explicitly associate documents with transformation algorithms, typically represented in XSLT, using a link element in the head of the document.&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/GRDDL-20is-20a-20technique-20for-20obtaining-20RDF-20data-20from-20XML-20documents-20and-20in-20particular-20XHTML-20pages.-20Authors-20may-20explicitly-20associate-20documents-20with-20transformation-20algorithms,-20typically-20represented-20in-20XSLT,-20using-20a-20link-20element-20in-20the-20head-20of-20the-20document." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/GRDDL-20is-20a-20technique-20for-20obtaining-20RDF-20data-20from-20XML-20documents-20and-20in-20particular-20XHTML-20pages.-20Authors-20may-20explicitly-20associate-20documents-20with-20transformation-20algorithms,-20typically-20represented-20in-20XSLT,-20using-20a-20link-20element-20in-20the-20head-20of-20the-20document.">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><th class="smwpropname"><h3>M</h3></th><th></th></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Category:Microblogging" title="Category:Microblogging">Microblogging</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/Category:Microblogging" title="Special:Browse/Category:Microblogging">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">Tools specially developed for microblogging applications&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20specially-20developed-20for-20microblogging-20applications" title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20specially-20developed-20for-20microblogging-20applications">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Category:Modularization_and_Diffing" title="Category:Modularization and Diffing">Modularization and Diffing</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/Category:Modularization-20and-20Diffing" title="Special:Browse/Category:Modularization-20and-20Diffing">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">Tools that can be to manipulate Semantic Web data formats by modularizing them, map differences, etc.&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20can-20be-20to-20manipulate-20Semantic-20Web-20data-20formats-20by-20modularizing-20them,-20map-20differences,-20etc." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20can-20be-20to-20manipulate-20Semantic-20Web-20data-20formats-20by-20modularizing-20them,-20map-20differences,-20etc.">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><th class="smwpropname"><h3>O</h3></th><th></th></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/OWL" title="OWL">OWL</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/OWL" title="Special:Browse/OWL">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">The W3C Web Ontology Language (OWL) is a Semantic Web language designed to represent rich and complex knowledge about things, groups of things, and relations between things.&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/The-20W3C-20Web-20Ontology-20Language-20(OWL)-20is-20a-20Semantic-20Web-20language-20designed-20to-20represent-20rich-20and-20complex-20knowledge-20about-20things,-20groups-20of-20things,-20and-20relations-20between-20things." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/The-20W3C-20Web-20Ontology-20Language-20(OWL)-20is-20a-20Semantic-20Web-20language-20designed-20to-20represent-20rich-20and-20complex-20knowledge-20about-20things,-20groups-20of-20things,-20and-20relations-20between-20things.">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Category:OWL_Reasoner" title="Category:OWL Reasoner">OWL Reasoner</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/Category:OWL-20Reasoner" title="Special:Browse/Category:OWL-20Reasoner">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">Tools that can perform reasoning tasks based on OWL.&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20can-20perform-20reasoning-20tasks-20based-20on-20OWL." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20can-20perform-20reasoning-20tasks-20based-20on-20OWL.">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><th class="smwpropname"><h3>P</h3></th><th></th></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/POWDER" title="POWDER">POWDER</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/POWDER" title="Special:Browse/POWDER">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">POWDER provides a mechanism to describe and discover Web resources and provide a succinct way to define any number of predicates for those resources. POWDER is designed to facilitate incorporation of information in larger RDF-based systems.&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/POWDER-20provides-20a-20mechanism-20to-20describe-20and-20discover-20Web-20resources-20and-20provide-20a-20succinct-20way-20to-20define-20any-20number-20of-20predicates-20for-20those-20resources.-20POWDER-20is-20designed-20to-20facilitate-20incorporation-20of-20information-20in-20larger-20RDF-2Dbased-20systems." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/POWDER-20provides-20a-20mechanism-20to-20describe-20and-20discover-20Web-20resources-20and-20provide-20a-20succinct-20way-20to-20define-20any-20number-20of-20predicates-20for-20those-20resources.-20POWDER-20is-20designed-20to-20facilitate-20incorporation-20of-20information-20in-20larger-20RDF-2Dbased-20systems.">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Category:Programming_Environment" title="Category:Programming Environment">Programming Environment</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/Category:Programming-20Environment" title="Special:Browse/Category:Programming-20Environment">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">Tools that provide a working environment to develop Semantic Web applications in the forms of application libraries, modules, etc.&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20provide-20a-20working-20environment-20to-20develop-20Semantic-20Web-20applications-20in-20the-20forms-20of-20application-20libraries,-20modules,-20etc." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20provide-20a-20working-20environment-20to-20develop-20Semantic-20Web-20applications-20in-20the-20forms-20of-20application-20libraries,-20modules,-20etc.">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><th class="smwpropname"><h3>R</h3></th><th></th></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/RDF" title="RDF">RDF</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/RDF" title="Special:Browse/RDF">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">RDF is a standard model for data interchange on the Web.&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/RDF-20is-20a-20standard-20model-20for-20data-20interchange-20on-20the-20Web." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/RDF-20is-20a-20standard-20model-20for-20data-20interchange-20on-20the-20Web.">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Category:RDF_Generator" title="Category:RDF Generator">RDF Generator</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/Category:RDF-20Generator" title="Special:Browse/Category:RDF-20Generator">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">Tools can be used to extract RDF data in, say, RDF/XML from other format (eg, RDFa)&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20can-20be-20used-20to-20extract-20RDF-20data-20in,-20say,-20RDF-2FXML-20from-20other-20format-20(eg,-20RDFa)" title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20can-20be-20used-20to-20extract-20RDF-20data-20in,-20say,-20RDF-2FXML-20from-20other-20format-20(eg,-20RDFa)">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Category:RDF_or_OWL_Browser" title="Category:RDF or OWL Browser">RDF or OWL Browser</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/Category:RDF-20or-20OWL-20Browser" title="Special:Browse/Category:RDF-20or-20OWL-20Browser">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">Browser tools that can be plugged on top of a local RDF store, can possibly be added to one’s application, etc.&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Browser-20tools-20that-20can-20be-20plugged-20on-20top-20of-20a-20local-20RDF-20store,-20can-20possibly-20be-20added-20to-20one%E2%80%99s-20application,-20etc." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Browser-20tools-20that-20can-20be-20plugged-20on-20top-20of-20a-20local-20RDF-20store,-20can-20possibly-20be-20added-20to-20one’s-20application,-20etc.">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/RDFS" title="RDFS">RDFS</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/RDFS" title="Special:Browse/RDFS">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">RDFS is a general-purpose language for representing simple RDF vocabularies on the Web.&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/RDFS-20is-20a-20general-2Dpurpose-20language-20for-20representing-20simple-20RDF-20vocabularies-20on-20the-20Web." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/RDFS-20is-20a-20general-2Dpurpose-20language-20for-20representing-20simple-20RDF-20vocabularies-20on-20the-20Web.">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Category:RDFS_Reasoner" title="Category:RDFS Reasoner">RDFS Reasoner</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/Category:RDFS-20Reasoner" title="Special:Browse/Category:RDFS-20Reasoner">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">Tools that can perform reasoning tasks based on RDFS.&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20can-20perform-20reasoning-20tasks-20based-20on-20RDFS." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20can-20perform-20reasoning-20tasks-20based-20on-20RDFS.">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/RDFa" title="RDFa">RDFa</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/RDFa" title="Special:Browse/RDFa">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">RDFa is a specification for attributes to express structured data in XHTML. The rendered, hypertext content of XHTML is reused by the RDFa markup, so that publishers don't need to repeat significant data in the document&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/RDFa-20is-20a-20specification-20for-20attributes-20to-20express-20structured-20data-20in-20XHTML.-20The-20rendered,-20hypertext-20content-20of-20XHTML-20is-20reused-20by-20the-20RDFa-20markup,-20so-20that-20publishers-20don%27t-20need-20to-20repeat-20significant-20data-20in-20the-20document" title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/RDFa-20is-20a-20specification-20for-20attributes-20to-20express-20structured-20data-20in-20XHTML.-20The-20rendered,-20hypertext-20content-20of-20XHTML-20is-20reused-20by-20the-20RDFa-20markup,-20so-20that-20publishers-20don&#039;t-20need-20to-20repeat-20significant-20data-20in-20the-20document">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/RIF" title="RIF">RIF</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/RIF" title="Special:Browse/RIF">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">The goal of RIF is to define a standard for exchanging rules among rule systems, in particular among Web rule engines.&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/The-20goal-20of-20RIF-20is-20to-20define-20a-20standard-20for-20exchanging-20rules-20among-20rule-20systems,-20in-20particular-20among-20Web-20rule-20engines." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/The-20goal-20of-20RIF-20is-20to-20define-20a-20standard-20for-20exchanging-20rules-20among-20rule-20systems,-20in-20particular-20among-20Web-20rule-20engines.">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Category:Reasoner" title="Category:Reasoner">Reasoner</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/Category:Reasoner" title="Special:Browse/Category:Reasoner">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">Tools that can perform reasoning tasks, typically based on RDFS, OWL, or some rule engine.&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20can-20perform-20reasoning-20tasks,-20typically-20based-20on-20RDFS,-20OWL,-20or-20some-20rule-20engine." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20can-20perform-20reasoning-20tasks,-20typically-20based-20on-20RDFS,-20OWL,-20or-20some-20rule-20engine.">+</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/SAWSDL" title="SAWSDL">SAWSDL</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/SAWSDL" title="Special:Browse/SAWSDL">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">SAWSDL defines a set of extension attributes for the Web Services Description Language and XML Schema definition language that allows description of additional semantics of WSDL components.&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/SAWSDL-20defines-20a-20set-20of-20extension-20attributes-20for-20the-20Web-20Services-20Description-20Language-20and-20XML-20Schema-20definition-20language-20that-20allows-20description-20of-20additional-20semantics-20of-20WSDL-20components." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/SAWSDL-20defines-20a-20set-20of-20extension-20attributes-20for-20the-20Web-20Services-20Description-20Language-20and-20XML-20Schema-20definition-20language-20that-20allows-20description-20of-20additional-20semantics-20of-20WSDL-20components.">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/SKOS" title="SKOS">SKOS</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/SKOS" title="Special:Browse/SKOS">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">SKOS is a common data model for sharing and linking knowledge organization systems via the Web.&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/SKOS-20is-20a-20common-20data-20model-20for-20sharing-20and-20linking-20knowledge-20organization-20systems-20via-20the-20Web." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/SKOS-20is-20a-20common-20data-20model-20for-20sharing-20and-20linking-20knowledge-20organization-20systems-20via-20the-20Web.">+</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Category:SPARQL_Endpoint" title="Category:SPARQL Endpoint">SPARQL Endpoint</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/Category:SPARQL-20Endpoint" title="Special:Browse/Category:SPARQL-20Endpoint">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">Tools that can be serve as SPARQL endpoints to large data sets.&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20can-20be-20serve-20as-20SPARQL-20endpoints-20to-20large-20data-20sets." title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20can-20be-20serve-20as-20SPARQL-20endpoints-20to-20large-20data-20sets.">+</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="smwpropname"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Category:Semantic_Web_Browser" title="Category:Semantic Web Browser">Semantic Web Browser</a>&#160;<span class="smwbrowse"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:Browse/Category:Semantic-20Web-20Browser" title="Special:Browse/Category:Semantic-20Web-20Browser">+</a></span></td><td class="smwprops">Tools that usually work without the necessity of a local browser, they retrieve the data on the Web directly, dereferencing the URIs&#160;&#160;<span class="smwsearch"><a href="/2001/sw/wiki/Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20usually-20work-20without-20the-20necessity-20of-20a-20local-20browser,-20they-20retrieve-20the-20data-20on-20the-20Web-20directly,-20dereferencing-20the-20URIs" title="Special:SearchByProperty/Description/Tools-20that-20usually-20work-20without-20the-20necessity-20of-20a-20local-20browser,-20they-20retrieve-20the-20data-20on-20the-20Web-20directly,-20dereferencing-20the-20URIs">+</a></span></td></tr>
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