Software for controlled vocabularies
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This wiki page (linked from https://bartoc.gbv.de/software) is be used to collect basic information about software for controlled vocabularies.
Feel free to add, update and extend!
What belongs into the list?
- The software should be primarily for editing, viewing and/or analyzing controlled vocabularies
- Software limited to manage simple terminologies and glossaries are not included
- Each software is cataloged with
- Name
- URL: homepage
- OS: operating system or "Web" if it's a web application
- edit: whether vocabularies can be modified with the software
- api: whether the software provides an API
- language: programming language (if known)
- license: Open Source License (if it's Open Source)
- repository: Link to source code repository (if available)
- update: Year of latest update of the software
Existing lists
- Open Source KOS software
- Open Source web applications for Knowledge Organization Systems (2016)
- W3C SKOS Implementation Report (2009) - the first one, now quite outdated but could be useful as reference
- http://recremisi.blogspot.de/p/acrolinxterminology-lifecycle.html and http://term-portal.de/en/software-en/terminology-management.html for terminology software (excluded here)
Individual software
| Name & URL | OS | edit | api | language | license | repository | update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semantic MediaWiki | Web | yes | yes | PHP | GPL | GitHub | 2022 |
| Wikibase | Web | yes | yes | PHP | GPL | Wikimedia | 2022 |
| TemaTres | Web | yes | yes | PHP | GPL | GitHub | 2022 |
| iQvoc | Web | yes | yes | Ruby | Apache | GitHub | 2022 |
| VocBench | Web | yes | yes | Java & JavaScript | BSD | Bitbucket | 2022 |
| Web Protégé | Web | yes | no | Java | BSD | GitHub | 2022 |
| Skosmos | Web | no | yes | PHP | MIT | GitHub | 2022 |
| VoCol | Web | yes | no | JavaScript | MIT | GitHub | 2021 |
| Django Controlled Vocabularies | Web | no | no | Python | BSD | GitHub | 2022 |
| Cocoda | Web | no | no | JavaScript | MIT | GitHub | 2022 |
| JSKOS Server | Web | yes | yes | JavaScript | MIT | GitHub | 2022 |
| OpenTheso | Web | yes | ? | Java | GPL | GitHub | 2022 |
| SkoHub Vocabs | Web | yes | yes | JavaScript | Apache | GitHub | 2022 |
| Jekyll RDF | Web | no | yes | Ruby | MIT | GitHub | 2022 |
| ShowVoc | Web | no | no | JavaScript | BSD | Bitbucket | 2022 |
| Ontology Look-up Service (OLS) | Web | no | yes | JavaScript & Java | Apache | GitHub | 2022 |
| OntoPortal Appliance | Web | ? | yes | Ruby | BSD | GitHub | |
| Vocabseditor | Web | yes | no | Python | MIT | GitHub | 2022 |
| VocExcel | Web | no | no | Python | GPL | GitHub | 2022 |
| VocPrez | Web | no | yes | Python | GPL | GitHub | 2021 |
| PoolParty Thesaurus Server | Web | yes | yes | Java | Closed Source | - | 2022 |
| VocPub Profile | RDF | no | no | SHACL | CC0 | GitHub | 2022 |
| Skosify | CLI | no | yes | Python | MIT | GitHub | 2021 |
| OpenSKOS | Web | no | yes | PHP | GPL | GitHub | 2020 |
| SISSVoc | Web | no | yes | XSLT | Apache | GitHub | 2019 |
| qSKOS | CLI | no | yes | Java | GPL | GitHub | 2018 |
| SKOS Play | Web | no | no | Java | CC-BY-SA | Bitbucket | 2018 |
| Ginco | Web | yes | yes | Java | CeCILL | GitHub | 2017/2022 |
| SKOSjs | Web | yes | no | JavaScript | Apache | GitHub | 2017/2022 |
| SKOS Editor | Web | yes | yes | Java | LGPL | GitHub | 2016 |
| ASKOSI | Web | no | ? | Java | GPL | Archive | 2011 |
| ThManager | ? | yes | ? | Java | LGPL | SourceForge | 2006 |
| Atramhasis | Web | yes | yes | Python | GPL | GitHub | 2023 |
More to add:
- HIVE Vocabulary Server
- OntoBee
- OntoServer (Closed source, free in Australia)
- sheet2rdf
Related software
The following software products support editing, viewing and/or analyzing controlled vocabularies but not as a core feature. They might be used for controlled vocabularies as well.
| Name & URL | OS | edit | api | language | license | repository | update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aristotle Metadata Registry | Web | yes | yes | Python/Django | Closed Source | Github | 2021 |
| PoolParty Semantic Suite | ? | yes | ? | ? | Closed Source | - | |
| Apelon TermManager | Web | mappings | ? | ? | Closed Source | - | 2021 |
| Protégé | Java | yes | ? | Java | BSD | GitHub | 2021 |
| excel2rdf | - | yes | no | Python | GPL | GitHub | 2021 |
| TopBraid Composer | ? | yes | ? | ? | Closed Source | - | 2021 |
Other generic software also used to manage controlled vocabularies:
- Excel, Google Sheets or other spreadsheet software
- Drupal