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= PhaseLibs =

The PhaseLibs project compiles a set of various algorithms with a layered architecture for the purpose of '''Ontology Alignment'''. Once in a productive state, the project will offer and support custom tailored combinations of algorithms to fit different application scenarios of ontology alignment.


== News ==
 * [06.08.06] Developers: I (Björn) created a protoype of a simple GUI to test/tune algorithms, the PhaseLibTuner.
 * [20.07.06] The alignment visualisation (VizAlign) system is now available to analyse alignments, e.g. for tuning purposes.
 * [29.06.06] On the initiative of Benjamin Horak, we do now have an AlignmentOntology. Im- and Exporters for PhaseLibs alignment structures as well as an integration/alignment with other ontologies are also available.
 * [09.06.06] Good news everyone! Just in time for the world cup kick off, we finally fixed some major bugs concerning the [wiki:adapters_owl owl adapter] and the evaluation. See the impact of these changes [wiki:BugFix008 here].

== Users ==

All potential users are to take notice that this project is not yet in a stable nor productive state. There is, however, already an [wiki:howto_install Installation Guide]. Please refer to the general [wiki:UserDocs Documentation] for further information.

Also, you might want to have a look at our [wiki:evaluation preliminary evaluation results]. However, these are outdated, we'll publish corrected values soon.



=== Releases ===
Nothing released yet.



== Developers ==

Developers should have a look at the [wiki:developer developers' section] for news and changes.

The Project is currently being developed by the following people:
 * (Malte Kiesel: the project is based on his works.)
 * [mailto:endres(at)dfki.uni-kl.de Björn Endres]: main project structure
 * [mailto:spillman(at)dfki.uni-kl.de Barbara Spillmann]: the [wiki:similarity_GraphMatching graphmatching module]
 * [mailto:lqu(at)dfki.uni-kl.de Lizhen Qu]: [wiki:similarity_SimFlood similarity flooding] and the [wiki:adapters_composite composite ontology adapter]
 * [mailto:lauer(at)dfki.uni-kl.de Andreas Lauer]: the PhaseLibsService subproject


== License Issues ==

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The PhaseLibs open source project is published under the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)]. 

Optional components (such as [wiki:UserDocs#a1.OntologyAdapters OntologyAdapters], [wiki:SimilarityMeasure SimilarityMeasures], etc.) may apply other licenses, depending on the libraries used. Check the module documentation for particular licenses.