tematres - an open source vocabulary server

The following message describes a Web-based tool to facilitate the management of controlled vocabularies. I thought it would be of interest to this group. FYI  --ELM

> From: diego ferreyra <tematres_at_R020.COM.AR>
> Date: July 27, 2011 9:56:22 PM EDT
> To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] TemaTres an open source vocabulary server
> 
> We have the glad to invite to test  the beta version of Tematres 1.4
> 
> TemaTres  is a web tool to manage, publish and exploit controlled
> vocabularies and other formals representation of knowledge ( thesauri,
> taxonomies, glossaries, etc) .
> 
> This release includes the following fixes and improvements:
> 
> - Quality indicators about controlled vocabularies
> The Quality assurance was improved with reports about the following
> quality indicators:
> - Free Terms
> - Terms without hierarchical relationships
> - Average number of words per term
> - Terms per N Broader terms
> - Terms per N narrower terms and depth
> - Terms words with not supported prefixes or suffixes
> 
> For more details:
> 
> MARTÍNEZ, A.M.a et al. Concepto, forma y longitud de los términos
> preferentes del tesauro: una
> propuesta de indicadores de calidad. Anales de Documentación, 2010,
> vol. 13, p. 185-195.
> http://revistas.um.es/analesdoc/article/view/107151
> 
> MARTÍNEZ, A.M.a et al. Indicadores para evaluar el vocabulario y la
> estructura sistemática de un tesauro. I Jornada de Intercambio y
> Reflexión acerca de la Investigación en Bibliotecología, La Plata, 6-7
> de diciembre de 2010. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la
> Educación de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
> http://www.jornadabibliotecologia.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/jornada-2010/martinez
> 
> - User-defined notes
> Has been added management capabilities to manage and create
> user-defined notes. (Thanks to Observatorio Estatal de la Discapacidad
> - Spain: http://www.observatoriodeladiscapacidad.es/)
> 
> - Advanced configuration options
> Has been added detailed configuration options available to the
> administrator of the controlled vocabulary.
> 
> - Import controlled vocabularies
> Now TemaTres can import controlled vocabulary from plain tagged text.
> For example:
> 
> - IMS VDEX Scheme (Vocabulary Definition and Exchange)
> Now with TemaTres you can Display, export and publish terms and
> controlled vocabularies through VDEX IMS XML schema (Vocabulary
> Definition and Exchange). http://www.imsglobal.org/vdex/
> 
> - Controlled vocabularies RESTful Services
> TemaTres have support for web services accessible through a clear and
> simple syntax. The service support a wide variety of queries and data
> can be viewed in XML, JSON or SKOS-Core.
> 
> Examples
> 
> Status:
> http://www.vocabularyserver.com/gemet/en/api/
> 
> Terms beginning with the letter B:
> http://www.vocabularyserver.com/gemet/en/api/letter/b
> http://www.vocabularyserver.com/gemet/en/api/letter/b/skos
> http://www.vocabularyserver.com/gemet/en/api/letter/b/json
> 
> Search Terms :
> http://www.vocabularyserver.com/gemet/en/api/search/fish/
> http://www.vocabularyserver.com/gemet/en/api/search/fish/json
> http://www.vocabularyserver.com/gemet/en/api/search/fish/skos
> 
> Vocabulary Data
> http://www.vocabularyserver.com/gemet/pt/api/fetchVocabularyData
> 
> Top of vocabulary terms
> http://www.vocabularyserver.com/gemet/pt/api/fetchTopTerms
> 
> --
> Diego Ferreyra
> http://www.vocabularyserver.com