Open source

I spent this afternoon trying to get the Eclipse PDT plugin to install and work in Eclipse 3.4 . I have never been able to get the PDT plugin to work on the first try since the PDT project was started. There has always been some fumbling and bumbling on my part trying to follow their terrible directions and having no luck. This is, of course, followed by some magical event that suddenly makes PDT work great until I run in to a silly bug.

Late last week I released ODO 0.20 which has some important updates:

• Jena Database compatibility layer

It is now possible to connect to and read/write databases created with HP Lab’s Jena . The code is still experimental but provides a good starting point for feedback. There are test cases in this release so regression testing and bug demonstration should be easy.

• RDFS code generator.

Ontologies and more specifically the RDFS code generator have been updated and bug tested. The version in the first release was a port of older code that didn’t translate perfectly in to the new ODO framework. I am happy to report that the code is now used to host the ODO-Jena compatibility layer and there are now test cases for it as well.

Hah Tim! The gas station on the corner here has regular unleaded for $1.95!!!

Anyway, I am readying the web UI framework I created for the OpenWRT proejct. They didn’t have one when I originally started but now they have an "alpha" one that doesn’t have all the functionality of the original Linksys firmware images. I am almost ready for a first release, targeted for Friday, so watch this space for more information!