Download Algernon in Java

There are now four Algernon releases:

Current release: 5.0.1

Released 03 January 2005.
Use this release with Protege 2.1 and higher, and Java 1.4.

Please report any bugs to mhewett AT users.sourceforge.net.

    Download algernon-protege-plugin.zip if you are using Algernon as a Protege plugin (the zip file contains algernon.jar)
    Download algernon.jar if you are using Algernon standalone
    Installation instructions
    View change log
    View Algernon license

Release: 4.4

Released 7 May 2004.
Use this release with Protege 2.0 and Java 1.4.

Please report any bugs to mhewett AT users.sourceforge.net.

    Download algernon.jar
    View change log
    View Algernon license

Release 3.7.6

Released 25 December 2003.
Use this release with Protege 1.9 and Java 1.4.

    Download algernon-3.7.6.jar

Release 3.5.6

Released 24 July 2003.
Use this release with Protege 1.8.

    Download algernon-3.5.6.jar
The algernon-doc.jar file contains two directories, api/ and commands/. They contain html-formatted documentation for Algernon users. Start with the index.html file in each directory.

Algernon v4.0 and higher

Requirements

Algernon v3.6.0 and higher

Algernon v3.5.6


Installation instructions

Option 1: As a Protege plugin

  1. These instructions are for Protege 2.1 and higher
  2. Download algernon-protege-plugin.zip (above).
  3. Put algernon-protege-plugin.zip in your Protege plugins directory.
  4. Unzip the algernon-protege-plugin.zip file. This will create the org.algernon directory containing the algernon.jar file and several documentation files.
  5. Test the installation:
  6. Read the Algernon documentation to learn more.
  1. These instructions are for Protege 1.8 through 2.0
  2. Download algernon.jar (above).
  3. Put algernon.jar in your Protege plugins directory.
  4. Test the installation:
  5. Read the Algernon documentation to learn more.

Option 2: Run Algernon standalone

  1. Download algernon.jar (above).
  2. Download an Algernon test program (newspaper.alg).
  3. Edit the newspaper.alg file to set the path to your copy of the newspaper.pprj file.
  4. Run Algernon with this command:
    java -classpath protegepath/protege.jar:algernonpath/algernon.jar org.algernon.Algernon newspaper.alg
    (You may need other jars on your path if you use a database backend to Protege.)
  5. You should see this output.

Known problems with this release


Author: Micheal Hewett