Release notes

version	release date	Java	OWL API	Protégé
v0.25.0	(unreleased)	8	5.0.0	(TBD)
v0.24.1	2017-04-28	8	4.2.8	5.2.0
v0.24.0	2016-07-08	8	4.2.5	5.0.0
v0.23.2	2015-12-24	7	4.1.3	5.0.0-beta-21
v0.23.1	2015-12-23	7	3.5.1	5.0.0-beta-17
v0.23.0	2015-11-30	7	4.1.3	5.0.0-beta-21
v0.22.0	2015-08-24	7	3.5.1	5.0.0-beta-17
v0.21.0	2015-04-13	7	3.5.0	4.3.0
v0.20.0	2014-05-18	7	3.5.0	4.3.0
v0.19.1	2013-07-16	6	3.4.4	4.1.0
v0.19.0	2013-06-25	6	3.4.4	4.1.0
v0.18.2	2013-03-05	6	3.4.2	4.1.0
v0.18.1	2013-02-14	6	3.4.2	4.1.0
v0.18.0	2012-12-02	6	3.4.1	4.1.0
v0.17.1	2012-05-04	6	3.2.4	4.1.0
v0.17.0	2012-04-16	6	3.2.4	4.1.0
v0.16.1	2012-01-09	6	3.2.4	4.1.0
v0.16.0	2011-10-31	6	3.2.4	4.1.0
v0.15.0	2011-07-11	6	3.2.3	4.1.0
v0.14.0	2011-04-01	6	2.2.0 , 3.2.2	4.1.0
v0.13.0	2011-03-11	6	2.2.0 , 3.2.2	4.1.0
v0.12.0	2011-03-01	6	2.2.0 , 3.2.2	4.1.0
v0.11.0	2011-01-01	6	2.2.0 , 3.1.0	4.1.0
v0.10.0	2010-11-01	6	2.2.0 , 3.1.0	4.1.0
v0.9.0	2010-10-28	6	2.2.0 , 3.0.0	4.0.2
v0.8.0	2010-04-30	6	2.2.0 , 3.0.0	4.0.2
v0.7.0	2010-04-14	6	2.2.0 , 3.0.0	4.0.2
v0.6.0	2010-03-23	6	2.2.0 , 3.0.0	4.0.2
v0.5.0	2010-02-26	6	2.2.0	4.0.2

v0.25.0

(unreleased)

• uses the OWL API 5.0.0
• build commands:

  $ mvn clean install
  

• release: target/jcel-0.25.0.zip
• plug-in: jcel-plugin/target/de.tu-dresden.inf.lat.jcel-0.25.0.jar

v0.24.1

2017-04-28

• uses the OWL API 4.2.8
• can be used as a plug-in for Protégé 5.2.0
• build commands:

  $ mvn clean install
  

• release: target/jcel-0.24.1.zip
• plug-in: jcel-plugin/target/de.tu-dresden.inf.lat.jcel-0.24.1.jar

v0.24.0

(2016-07-08)

• runs on Java 8
• uses the OWL API 4.2.5
• can be used as a plug-in for Protégé 5.0.0
• fixes module extractor
• improves annotations in normalized axioms
• build commands:

  $ mvn clean install
  

• release: target/jcel-0.24.0.zip
• plug-in: jcel-plugin/target/de.tu-dresden.inf.lat.jcel-0.24.0.jar

v0.23.2

(2015-12-24)

• uses the OWL API 4.1.3
• can be used as a plug-in for Protégé 5.0.0-beta-21
• build commands:

  $ mvn clean install
  

• release: target/jcel-0.23.2.zip
• plug-in: jcel-plugin/target/de.tu-dresden.inf.lat.jcel-0.23.2.jar

v0.23.1

(2015-12-23)

• uses the OWL API 3.5.1
• can be used as a plug-in for Protégé 5.0.0-beta-17
• build commands:

  $ mvn clean install
  

• release: target/jcel-0.23.1.zip
• plug-in: jcel-plugin/target/de.tu-dresden.inf.lat.jcel-0.23.1.jar

v0.23.0

(2015-11-30)

• does not longer have Apache Ant + Apache Ivy build files
• uses the OWL API 4.1.3
• can be used as a plug-in for Protégé 5.0.0-beta-21
• the plug-in for Protégé can be used as a library
• the module jcel-build has been removed
• build commands:

  $ mvn clean install
  

• release: target/jcel-0.23.0.zip
• plug-in: jcel-plugin/target/de.tu-dresden.inf.lat.jcel-0.23.0.jar

v0.22.0

(2015-08-24)

• POM files changed: the new groupId is de.tu-dresden.inf.lat.jcel
• includes Maven POM files to be deployed in Sonatype
• is available at The Central Repository
• module jcel-build contains only Apache Ant + Apache Ivy configuration files, and its submodules became modules:
• jcel-library : creates the library
• jcel-plugin : creates the plug-in for Protégé
• jcel-standalone : creates a standlone application
• jcel-distribution : creates the release
• uses the OWL API 3.5.1, and can be used as a plug-in for Protégé 5.0.0-beta-17
• build commands:

  $ mvn clean install
  

• release: target/jcel-0.22.0.zip
• plug-in: jcel-plugin/target/de.tu-dresden.inf.lat.jcel-0.22.0.jar
• or

  $ ant
  

• release: jcel-build/target/jcel-0.22.0.zip
• plug-in: jcel-plugin/target/de.tu-dresden.inf.lat.jcel-0.22.0.jar

v0.21.0

(2015-04-13)

• normalizes the ontology propagating the annotations
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel
  $ mvn clean install
  

• or

  $ cd jcel
  $ ant
  

• release: jcel/jcel-build/target/jcel-0.21.0.zip
• plug-in: jcel/jcel-build/jcel-plugin/target/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.20.0

(2014-05-18)

• uses Apache Ivy to compile the project
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel/jcel-build
  $ ant
  

• release: jcel/jcel-build/target/jcel-0.20.0.zip
• plug-in: jcel/jcel-build/plugin/target/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.19.1

(2013-07-16)

• includes a configurable timeout for the classification phase
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel/jcel-build
  $ ant
  

• release: jcel/jcel-build/target/jcel-0.19.1.zip
• plug-in: jcel/jcel-build/plugin/target/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.19.0

(2013-06-25)

• is dual-licensed, i.e. released under two different licenses: GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 and Apache License, Version 2.0
• has subprojects with a different name convention: they use hyphen (“jcel-”) instead of dot (“jcel.”)
• shows a progress monitor when executed in Protégé
• includes new parameters in the console mode, including consistency, sat, classification, and entailment
• uses OWL API 3.4.4 and JUnit 4.11
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel/jcel-build
  $ ant
  

• release: jcel/jcel-build/target/jcel-0.19.0.zip
• plug-in: jcel/jcel-build/plugin/target/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.18.2

(2013-03-05)

• fixes a bug in processing Nothing (bottom class)
• performs a faster classification of small ontologies
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel/jcel.build
  $ ant
  

• release: jcel/jcel.build/target/jcel-0.18.2.zip
• plug-in: jcel/jcel.build/plugin/target/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.18.1

(2013-02-14)

• fixes a bug in the retrieval of subclasses and superclasses of Nothing (bottom class) and Thing (top class)
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel/jcel.build
  $ ant
  

• release: jcel/jcel.build/target/jcel-0.18.1.zip
• plug-in: jcel/jcel.build/plugin/target/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.18.0

(2012-12-02)

• classifies faster and using less memory
• fixes a bug in entailment of subclasses
• uses a more efficient way of processing the S-entries and R-entries
• has a single subproject for the build process, jcel.build, which includes the following subdirectories:
• jars : contains the external jars needed by the build
• library : creates the library
• plugin : creates the plug-in for Protégé
• standalone : creates a standlone application
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel/jcel.build
  $ ant
  

• release: jcel/jcel.build/target/jcel-0.18.0.zip
• plug-in: jcel/jcel.build/plugin/target/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.17.1

(2012-05-04)

• corrects the retrieval of equivalent classes
• excludes the original class when computing ancestors and descendants
• includes new unit tests in jcel.reasoner and jcel.core
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel/jcel.distribution
  $ ant
  

• release: jcel/jcel.distribution/target/jcel-0.17.1.zip
• plug-in: jcel/jcel.bundle/target/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.17.0

(2012-04-16)

• has a more efficient use of memory
• has the following modules:
• jcel.coreontology : set of normalized axioms
• jcel.core : classification algorithms using only normalized axioms
• jcel.ontology : set of all possible axioms and a procedure to normalize them
• jcel.reasoner : reasoner that can classify an ontology and can compute entailment
• jcel.owlapi : OWL API 3.2.4 interface, performs the translation between the OWL API axioms and jcel axioms
• jcel.protege : module to connect to Protégé and the following modules are used to build the release:
• jcel.jars : local repository of required jars
• jcel.bundle : module to create the bundle, i.e., the jar for Protégé
• jcel.distribution : module to produce the release, which includes libs, javadoc, sources, and the bundle
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel/jcel.distribution
  $ ant
  

• release: jcel/jcel.distribution/target/jcel-0.17.0.zip
• plug-in: jcel/jcel.bundle/target/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.16.1

(2012-01-09)

• fixes a bug in entailment present in version 0.16.0
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel/jcel.protege
  $ ant -buildfile build-bundle.xml
  

• release: jcel/jcel.protege/target/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.16.0

(2011-10-31)

• can answer complex queries
• has a new package in jcel.core (reasoner) to answer the queries, changing the interface between jcel.owlapi and jcel.core
• has unique identifiers in the core managed by a factory, making extension and debugging easier
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel/jcel.protege
  $ ant -buildfile build-bundle.xml
  

• release: jcel/jcel.protege/target/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.15.0

(2011-07-11)

• breaks the backwards compatibility with OWL API 2.2.0
• cannot be used in Protégé 4.0.2
• uses a new module called jcel.ontology which contains the axioms extracted from the core, therefore the modules are:
• jcel.ontology: interfaces and classes to manage an internal representation of axioms and ontologies
• jcel.core: interfaces and classes implementing the algorithms used by the reasoner
• jcel.owlapi: interfaces and classes connecting with the OWL API 3.2.3
• jcel.protege: interfaces and classes connecting with Protege 4.1 (build 235)
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel/jcel.protege
  $ ant -buildfile build-bundle.xml
  

• release: jcel/jcel.protege/target/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.14.0

(2011-04-01)

• is identical to v0.13.0 in the Java source code, but is created using a different repository structure.
• can be compiled using Apache Maven.
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel/protege
  $ ant -buildfile build-bundle.xml
  

• release: jcel/protege/target/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.13.0

(2011-03-11)

• classifies ELHIfR+ using less memory
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel-jars
  $ ant
  

• release: de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.protege/dist/bundle/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.12.0

(2011-03-01)

• can classify the description logic ELHIfR+
• uses the OWL API 3.2.3 and can be used in Protégé 4.1 beta (build 218)
• can classify SNOMED CT faster
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel-jars
  $ ant
  

• release: de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.protege/dist/bundle/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.11.0

(2011-01-01)

• includes a rule-based algorithm
• can classify SNOMED CT faster
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel-jars
  $ ant
  

• release: de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.protege/dist/bundle/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.10.0

(2010-11-01)

• is compatible with the OWL API 3.1.0, and still with the OWL API 2.2.0, but not with the OWL API 3.0.0
• can still be used in Protégé 4.0.2 and in Protégé 4.1 beta (build 213)
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel-jars
  $ ant
  

• release: de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.protege/dist/bundle/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.9.0

(2010-10-28)

• has a check for non-nullity for every public method
• is a little faster
• has a smaller output avoiding singletons for equivalent classes and equivalent object properties
• can still be used in Protégé 4.0.2 and in Protégé 4.1 (up to build 206)
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel-jars
  $ ant
  

• release: de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.protege/dist/bundle/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.8.0

(2010-04-30)

• includes a module processor which divides a set of axioms in modules
• has an improved interface in the core which simplifies its extension
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel-jars
  $ ant
  

• release: de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.protege/dist/bundle/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.7.0

(2010-04-14)

• can be used in Protégé 4.0.2 and in Protégé 4.1 (build 102)
• has improvements in the core to reduce the use of memory
• generates an inferred ontology that is compatible with the OWL 2 specification
• can classify large ontologies like SNOMED CT
• build commands:

  $ cd jcel-jars
  $ ant
  

• release: de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.protege/dist/bundle/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.6.0

(2010-03-23)

• passes the basic tests for an OWL 2 EL reasoner (albeit currently with some limitations)
• uses the OWL API 3.0.0
• uses an adapter to keep backward compatibility with OWL API 2.2.0
• can be used in Protégé 4.0.2
• has improvements in the core to reduce classification times
• has the following modules:
• jcel-core : core, module that makes the classification
• jcel-owlapi : an OWL API 3 interface, transforms data between the OWL API and the internal representation used by the core
• jcel-adapter : adapter to transform an OWL API 3 into an OWL API 2, it is an independent module
• jcel-protege : module to make jcel a plug-in for Protégé 4.0.2
• build commands:

  $ cd de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.protege
  $ ant
  

• release: de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.protege/dist/bundle/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar

v0.5.0

(2010-02-26)

• is the first beta version
• can be used in Protégé 4.0.2
• uses the OWL API 2.2.0
• has the following modules:
• jcel-core : core
• jcel-protege : module to make jcel a plug-in for Protégé 4.0.2
• build commamds:

  $ cd de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel
  $ ant
  

• release: de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel/dist/bundle/de.tudresden.inf.lat.jcel.jar