Ist Project 35111 Tightening Knowledge Sharing in Distributed Software Communities by Applying Semantic Technologies Tightening Knowledge Sharing in Distributed Software Communities by Applying Semantic Technologies Strep Information Society Technologies (ist) D7: Report Describing State-of-the Art in Se Knowledge Desktop

This report describes the state of the art in both Semantic Desktops and Semantic Wikis. The surveyed systems are compared to each other and related R&D issues are outlined. Emphasis is given especially in possible usage of Semantic Wikis in the software engineering domain. Project co-funded by the European Commission under the “Information Society Technology” Programme, Framework Programme 6. D7: Report describing state-of-the art in SE Knowledge Desktop March 2007 Versioning and Contribution History Version Date Modification reason Modified by 0.1 05/12/2006 Initial version Dimitris Panagiotou 0.2 15/12/2006 Added Semantic Wikis Dimitris Panagiotou 0.3 15/01/2007 Added Semantic Desktops Dimitris Panagiotou 0.4 29/01/2007 Finished writing Semantic Desktops & Wikis Dimitris Panagiotou 0.5 06/02/2007 Integration of TUM and FZI contribution (chapter 5) Dimitris Panagiotou 0.55 09/02/2007 Reordering and renaming of some sections Dimitris Panagiotou 0.6 15/02/2007 Minor changes and additions Dimitris Panagiotou 0.7 23/02/2007 Updated chapter 5, minor formatting changes Hans-Joerg Happel, Walid Maalej 0.8 02/03/2007 Added chapters 1, 2 and 6 Dimitris Panagiotou 0.9 07/03/2007 Reviewed and proofread Maria Legal, Walid Maalej, Roman Schmidt 1.0 12/03/2007 Final version Dimitris Panagiotou This document has been produced in the context of the TEAM Project. The TEAM project is part of the European Community's Sixth Framework Program for research and development and is as such funded by the European Commission. All information in this document is provided "as is" and no guarantee or warranty is given that the information is fit for any particular purpose. The user thereof uses the information at its sole risk and liability. For the avoidance of all doubts, the European Commission has no liability in respect of this document, which is merely representing the authors view. © PLANET, FZI, ICCS, TUM, EPFL, CIM, INTRAINTL, LIPSZ, TRT, TXT Page 2 of 65 D7: Report describing state-of-the art in SE Knowledge Desktop March 2007