[Attempto] New Release of the Attempto Java Packages (including AceWiki and the ACE Editor)

[Tobias Kuhn]

Hi everyone,

We are happy to announce a new release of the Attempto Java Packages, which include AceWiki and the 
ACE Editor.

The most important changes concern the grammar notation (Codeco) and the chart parser. See [1] for 
details. Also the ACE Editor and AceWiki have been improved.

     * General
           o The code has been cleaned up, refactored, and documented
           o Many internal classes have been changed in a non-backwards-compatible way
           o The latest version of Echo2 is used
     * Codeco
           o The Codeco notation has been extended and improved (see [1])
           o Codeco-to-LaTeX transformation
           o Codeco-to-HTML transformation
           o Wellformedness checker for Codeco
     * Chart Parser
           o Improved parsing algorithm: it is now faster and several bugs have been removed
           o Redesigned lookahead features
     * Predictive Editor
           o The resolution of anaphoric references is visualized by highlighting antecedent and
             anaphor
     * ACE Editor
           o Improved grammar (based on Codeco)
           o New words can be added within the predictive editor (as in AceWiki)
           o Lexicon files can be saved and loaded
           o The start-up parameter "immutable_lexicon" can be used to disallow lexicon changes
           o Nicer buttons in the main window
     * AceWiki
           o Improved grammar (based on Codeco)
           o The triangle symbols have now tool tips
           o Less flashy icons are used to indicate the recalculation of reasoning results
           o Better synchronization of modification and query tasks
           o Some bugs have been fixed

The Attempto Java Packages can be downloaded from our download page:

     http://attempto.ifi.uzh.ch/site/downloads/

[1] Tobias Kuhn. Controlled English for Knowledge Representation. Doctoral thesis FINAL DRAFT, 
Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology of the University of 
Zurich, to appear. http://attempto.ifi.uzh.ch/site/pubs/papers/doctoral_thesis_kuhn.pdf


Tobias