Features

Pletka™ is an open-source software project developed for and with its community. It provides tools to design, manage, and publish Semantic Data Patterns for research and implementation.

Core Capabilities

  • Design and Document / Reuse and Customize Semantic Data Patterns
    Model structured knowledge using a logic of Fields, Collections, and Models.

  • Ontology Integration & Management
    Import, manage, and align underlying semantic structures using the Ontology Manager.

  • Publish & Share Patterns
    Make Semantic Data Patterns accessible and reusable within the community.

  • Generate Implementation Derivatives
    Automatically produce derivatives of patterns for practical system implementation.

    • Data Serialization Support
      Export and work with standard formats such as RDF and JSON-LD.

    • Query Support
      Generate SPARQL to query structured semantic data.

    • Mapping Support
      Generate mapping files in X3ML format.

    • System Integration
      Produce implementation-ready files for systems such as ResearchSpace.

Community & Use

Pletka™ is designed to be used collaboratively. Its founding community operates in the fields of cultural heritage and history, and the platform is available as a hosted service with:

  • Pre-installed ontology libraries
  • Documented semantic patterns
  • An active and growing community

If you would like to use Pletka™ to build connected, semantically rich data environments, visit pletka.io.

If you are interested in contributing to the software development, join us on GitHub.