@prefix rdf: . @prefix ns1: . @prefix foaf: . ns1:this rdf:type foaf:Person . @prefix atom: . rdf:type atom:Feed . @prefix sioct: . rdf:type sioct:Weblog . @prefix rdfs: . rdfs:label "kidehen@openlinksw.com's BLOG [127] description" . rdf:type sioct:BlogPost , atom:Entry . @prefix dc: . dc:title "Virtuoso is Officially Open Source!" ; foaf:maker ns1:this ; rdfs:label "Virtuoso is Officially Open Source!" . @prefix dt: . @prefix dcterms: . dcterms:created "2006-04-11T18:01:44Z"^^dt:dateTime ; dcterms:modified "2006-07-21T07:22:20.000001-04:00"^^dt:dateTime . @prefix sioc: . sioc:id "a9a4af1df1782a14c532c03196f678dd" ; sioc:link ; sioc:content "\nI am pleased to unveil (officially) the fact that Virtuoso is now available in Open Source form. What Is Virtuoso? A powerful next generation server product that implements otherwise distinct server functionality within a single server product. Think of Virtuoso as the server software analog of a dual core processor where each core represents a traditional server functionality realm. Where did it come from? The Virtuoso History page tells the whole story. What Functionality Does It Provide? The following: 1. Object-Relational DBMS Engine (ORDBMS like PostgreSQL and DBMS engine like MySQL) 2. XML Data Management (with support for XQuery, XPath, XSLT, and XML Schema) 3. RDF Triple Store (or Database) that supports SPARQL (Query Language, Transport Protocol, and XML Results Serialization format) 4. Service Oriented Architecture (it combines a BPEL Engine with an ESB) 5. Web Application Server (supports HTTP/WebDAV) 6. NNTP compliant Discussion Server And more. (see: Virtuoso Web Site) 90% of the aforementioned functionality has been available in Virtuoso since 2000 with the RDF Triple Store being the only 2006 item. What Platforms are Supported The Virtuoso build scripts have been successfully tested on Mac OS X (Universal Binary Target), Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris (AIX, HP-UX, and True64 UNIX will follow soon). A Windows Visual Studio project file is also in the works (ETA some time this week). Why Open Source? Simple, there is no value in a product of this magnitude remaining the "best kept secret". That status works well for our competitors, but absolutely works against the legions of new generation developers, systems integrators, and knowledge workers that need to be aware of what is actually achievable today with the right server architecture. What Open Source License is it under? GPL version 2. What's the business model? Dual licensing. The Open Source version of Virtuoso includes all of the functionality listed above. While the Virtual Database (distributed heterogeneous join engine) and Replication Engine (across heterogeneous data sources) functionality will only be available in the commercial version. Where is the Project Hosted? On SourceForge. Is there a product Blog? Of course! Up until this point, the Virtuoso Product Blog has been a covert live demonstration of some aspects of Virtuoso (Content Management). My Personal Blog and the Virtuoso Product Blog are actual Virtuoso instances, and have been so since I started blogging in 2003. Is There a product Wiki? Sure! The Virtuoso Product Wiki is also an instance of Virtuoso demonstrating another aspect of the Content Management prowess of Virtuoso. What About Online Documentation? Yep! Virtuoso Online Documentation is hosted via yet another Virtuoso instance. This particular instance also attempts to demonstrate Free Text search combined with the ability to repurpose well formed content in a myriad of forms (Atom, RSS, RDF, OPML, and OCS). What about Tutorials and Demos? The Virtuoso Online Tutorial Site has operated as a live demonstration and tutorial portal for a numbers of years. During the same timeframe (circa. 2001) we also assembled a few Screencast style demos (their look feel certainly show their age; updates are in the works). BTW - We have also updated the Virtuoso FAQ and also released a number of missing Virtuoso White Papers (amongst many long overdue action items).\n" ; atom:title "Virtuoso is Officially Open Source!" . @prefix ns10: . sioc:has_creator ns10:this ; sioc:has_container ; sioc:links_to , . @prefix ns11: . sioc:links_to ns11:VOSHistory , , , , . @prefix ns12: . sioc:links_to ns12:virtuoso , , ; atom:source ; atom:author ns1:this ; atom:published "2006-04-11T18:01:44Z" ; atom:updated "2006-07-21T11:22:20Z" ; sioc:has_reply . @prefix opl: . opl:isDescribedUsing . rdf:type sioct:Comment , atom:Entry ; rdfs:label "Re:Virtuoso is Officially Open Source!" . ns10:this rdf:type sioc:User . @prefix rdf: . @prefix ns1: . @prefix foaf: . ns1:this rdf:type foaf:Person ; foaf:made . @prefix atom: . rdf:type atom:Feed . @prefix sioct: . rdf:type sioct:Weblog . @prefix rdfs: . rdfs:label "kidehen@openlinksw.com's BLOG [127] description" . @prefix sioc: . sioc:container_of ; atom:entry ; atom:contains . rdf:type sioct:Comment , atom:Entry ; rdfs:label "Re:Virtuoso is Officially Open Source!" ; sioc:reply_of . @prefix ns7: . ns7:this rdf:type sioc:User ; sioc:creator_of .