This document is designed for software engineers, system integrators and system administrators who wish to integrate the OWLIM-SE semantic repository in to their applications or who wish to use OWLIM-SE and Sesame as a stand-alone server for storing and processing structured data. It is also useful for system administrators who need to support and maintain a OWLIM-SE repository.
The reader is assumed to be familiar with databases, but not an expert in semantic database systems, semantic information retrieval,
Semantic Web, or OWLIM itself. Less experienced readers are recommended to read the OWLIM Primer where the required minimum of Semantic Web and related concepts is covered, as well as OWLIM basics.
This document has multiple uses:
* To provide the information necessary to use OWLIM-SE repositories via the Sesame APIs;
* To give instructions on managing repositories through the Sesame web front-end;
* For familiarisation with OWLIM-SE's reasoning capabilities and rule language;
* To enable the creation of custom installations and configurations of OWLIM-SE;
* To introduce the most important factors that affect the efficiency of OWLIM-SE and to provide some productivity tips.
h1. How to Use This Document
Readers new to OWLIM should read the OWLIM Primer first and then this document in its entirety. This will guarantee that the necessary basic information has been covered in sufficient depth. After some experience using OWLIM, this guide can be used as a reference for carrying out specific tasks.
The following conventions are used in this document:
* Code examples are listed in a {{typewriter-like font}}
* Other important terms, when first introduced, will be written in _italics_
* Formulas are always in _italics_
* References are given in square brackets, e.g. \[3\] means "Refer to publication #3 in the References section"
* OWLIM-Lite, OWLIM-SE and OWLIM-Enterprise are referred to collectively as "OWLIM" in those cases where it is not necessary to distinguish between the editions, i.e. the specifications, features, and/or settings described are common for all editions
h1. Copyrights and Licensing
This document and the products discussed in it are copyrighted and subject to licensing as follows:
* *OWLIM-SE, © Copyright Ontotext AD.* 135 Tsarigradsko Shosse, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria, [http://www.ontotext.com].
* *Sesame, © Copyright Aduna b.v*. Stadsring 181, 3817 BA Amersfoort, The Netherlands Sesame is an open-source library, available under the GNU Lesser GPL ([http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html])
* *BigTRREE, © Copyright Ontotext AD*. Any form of modification or reverse-engineering of BigTRREE is prohibited.
* All other trademarks mentioned in this document, belong to their respective owners.
Full licensing information is available at [http://www.ontotext.com/owlim/|http://www.ontotext.com/owlim/], as well as in the licence files located in the main folder of the distribution package.