[About VPIN]

SSWAP: Simple Semantic Web Architecture and Protocol

The VPIN uses SSWAP as the underlying semantic infrastructure. For developers' information, please visit the SSWAP Developers' Page. The on-going development of the SSWAP platform is an open source project. The code is currently hosted at Open Bioinformatics Foundation . Use this link to view the cvs code repository for the SSWAP project.

NOTE: SSWAP was formerly called Semantic MOBY. The project hosted at Open Bio is contained within the s-moby module. We are in the process of transitioning over to SSWAP.

To get started as a provider within the network, download the PDK, the provider development kit.

Instructions for installation, development and deployment can be found here.

We use Tomcat as the java-enabled webserver for the PDK. For your convenience we've provided the version of tomcat we use.
Download Tomcat

We use Ant to build and deploy provider applications. For your convenience we've provided the version of ant we use.
Download Ant

We use Java, version 1.5, for the PDK. Go to Sun Developer Network if Java 1.5 is not available on your system.