Semano, Semantic Web Annotator
Quickstart guide to Semano

Download and Extract Semano

Step one is to download Semano.
You can download Semano in zip file format (or as tar.gz) using one of the links below:
zip file (for windows): http://www.minds.may.ie/~provost/semano/downloads/Semano.zip
tar.gz file (for linux or mac): http://www.minds.may.ie/~provost/semano/downloads/Semano.tar.gz

Once you have Semano downloaded, extract the compessed file. The root directory should have the following in it:

Start Semano

With some versions of java, you can just double-click Semano.jar to start the program.
If not, you should open a comand prompt (or shell) and cd to the extracted Semano directory.
From there, you should run the following command: "java -jar Semano.jar"

Use Semano

Once started, Semano should look something like the following image:
Thumbnail of Semano when it is started
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The colour can differ depending on operating system but the layout should be similar.

The Quickstart example will check a blog on MySQL by Andy Page against a relational databases ontology.
First you need to add the xml feed of Andy's Blog entry

  1. Click the "add Document" button
  2. Browse to the "Source XML Files\Relational Databases" directory
  3. Select "andy.xml" and click "open"

then you need to add the relational databases ontology which is an owl file

  1. Click the "add Ontology" button
  2. Browse to the "Ontology OWL Files" directory
  3. Select "relational.owl" and click "open"
  4. Enter "http://www.dbs.cs.uni-duesseldorf.de/RDF/relational.owl" as the URI for the file and click "OK"

Finally, click "Start" and wait for the results to be created.
Note that the first time "Start" is clicked, the program can take a few moments to get going.
After that, it usually gets to work fairly fast.

Once the results have been created, Semano should look something like the following image:
Thumbnail of Semano with Results
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You can now annotate these results as metadata by clicking the "save" button.

View your Results

You can open the file where your results have been stored for the above example.
Open a text editor, open the file "andy.xml.owl" which should be located in the following directory:

Hopefully, the metadata annotations you see will look something like the following image:
Thumbnail of Example Semano Results
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Fill in the Survey

If you would like to provide feedback on how well Semano works, you can complete the Semano Survey.
You can access the Semano Survey at the following link:
http://www.minds.may.ie/~provost/semano/survey.html

This is the End of the Quickstart guide to Semano. Hopefully it was helpful!
You can access the Manual for Semano at the following link: http://www.minds.may.ie/~provost/semano/manual.html
or return to the Semano website homepage by clicking the following link: http://www.minds.may.ie/~provost/semano/