Posted:November 18, 2007

Sweet Tools Updated to 650 Tools

Sweet Tools Listing

Version 11 Shows Semantic Web Tools Announcements to be on a Furious Pace

This AI3 blog maintains Sweet Tools, the largest listing of about 800 semantic Web and -related tools available. Most are open source. Click here to see the current listing!

After a two months hiatus, I have just updated AI3's listing of semantic Web and -related tools to version 11; follow the links below.

This version adds 72 new tools — one of the largest additions ever — since the last update on September 16, bringing the new total to 650 tools.

Like prior versions, this new Sweet Tools listing is provided either as:

Background on prior listings and earlier statistics may be found on these previous posts:

With interim updates periodically over that period.

In thanks to Henry Story, whose chat note prompted me to post this long overdue update, I have also included some of the tools breakdowns he enjoys.

Some Stats

Here is a table of tools categories, showing both the last breakdown from about 9 months ago when there were 500 tools in the listing, and today with 650 tools:

3/11/2007 11/18/2007 Category
11 24 Ontology Mapper/Mediator
3 6 RDF Editor
2 4 RDF Generator
13 23 Query Language or Service
19 32 Search Engine
23 37 Browser (RDF, other)
20 30 RDF (general)
23 33 NLP/Language Processor
15 21 Visualization
29 40 Composite App/Framework
9 12 Ontology Editor
22 28 Wiki- or blog-related
32 39 Ontology (general)
5 6 Semantic Desktop
22 26 Reasoner/Inference Engine
26 30 Annotator
29 33 Database/Datastore
8 9 Data Language
48 53 Miscellaneous
30 33 Parser or Converter
43 45 Information Extraction
22 23 Wrapper (Web data extractor)
3 3 Description or Formal Logics
4 4 Harvester
25 25 Programming Environment
8 8 Validator
3 Chat-related
3 Data Presentation
3 Mashup/Meshup Framework
2 Rules and related
6 12 NOT ACTIVE (???)
500 650

The fastest growing categories are listed first, with RDF, ontologies, and search growing the most. Note some categories have been added and others are being re-classified or delisted as time and familiarity with the listing grows. Certain areas of current interest, such as NLP, also see increased listings as a result. Of course, all such categorizations have a degree of arbitrariness.

As with the last survey, Java and JavaScript are dominant languages, with considerable growth. Python and PHP have also shown higher than average growth. Ruby appears to have stagnated, and many other languages are in second-tier positions:

Sweet Tools by Language

You’ll be pleased to see, Henry, that Java is still holding serve on market share!

Note: Because of comments expirations on prior posts, this entry is now the new location for adding a suggested new tool. Simply provide your information in the comments section, and your tool will be included in the next update. (Hopefully, that will not take another two months!) 🙂

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  1. KMIR describes an ontology-based tool for supporting consulting agencies in accompanying an organisation's Knowledge Management (KM)implementation. Best Practice Cases (BPCs) of successfully conducted consulting services are captured by the system's ontology-based case base and reused for further KM introduction services. The system synergetically combines technologies of the Semantic Web with those of Case-based Reasoning.

  2. ONTOKNOM is an ontology-based software infrastructure for retaining and maintaining theoretical Knowledge Management (KM) Maturity Models (ONTOKNOM) by using a KM Maturity Model Ontology. Moreover ONTOKNOM provides technical means for designing a web-based system that supports the form-based self-evaluation of an organization with regard to its current maturity level, as well as for providing concrete organizational recommendations and measures in order to achieve a higher one.

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