A new hotfix for Web3 2.0 has just been released to correct some problems with cross-browser compatibility in the topic map editor application. This hotfix addresses the following issues:
If when trying to delete topics in the Web3 Platform causes an error message '405 method not allowed' to be reported, this is most likely due to the WebDAV module being installed in IIS. WebDAV is not supported by the Web3 Platform and should be removed from the IIS site.
We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.4 of Web3. This release is a bug-fix update and is recommended for all users of Web3. For a link to the upgrade package please contact us at support@networkedplanet.com.
This notice applies to all editions of Web3 version 1.3.20317
NetworkedPlanet is pleased to announce the release of new versions of the Web3 Platform and Concepts for SharePoint products.
One of the goals of the Web3 Platform was to adhere to as many of the architectural principles of REST that was possible. In our minds the key things were that:
We are putting together a series of short videos that show how to do different things with the Web3 Platform and Concepts for SharePoint. The first of these videos, Web3 Platform Getting Started No 1. is now available.
Version 1.1 of Concepts for SharePoint is now available. This package addresses a small number of bugs and enhancements. The full change list and upgrade instructions can be found below.
Sometimes it is useful to be able to use PowerShell to manipulate a Web3 instance - either because you are scripting a set of batch operations or because you are just in PS at the time and it saves swapping contexts.
We are very pleased to announce the immediate availability of the 1.0 release of our Web3 Platform and Concepts for SharePoint products.
One of the challenges of putting together a REST service is how to let clients make transactional updates that involve two or more resources. One approach to this problem is to create a resource that is 'a collection of transactions'. A client can post a representation of a new transaction to this resource. The transaction becomes a 'child' of the 'transactions' resource and can be accessed via a returned URL.
The Networked Planet Web3 Platform is a complete solution for creating, organising and publishing structured semantic data. The Web3 platform stores and manages data in a schema less data store, allowing complete flexibility of the shape of the data stored.
Implementing Topic Maps solutions for a variety of people we see many ontologies (information models, domain models, schemas) being used. Out of this we have tried to understand how different approaches are useful for different kinds of customers.
Linked here is a white paper that provides a vision and introduction to web3.
Yesterday at the Topic Maps 2009 conference in Oslo I gave a presentation called 'A Vision for a Topic Maps World'. In this presentation I summarised some of the key successes of Topic Maps and then looked forward to how Topic Maps can work on a more global scale.