Support tools for CommonKADS

Engineering and Managing Knowledge

Last modified April 26, 1999

Support tools

This page contains information on material related to CommonKADS tools. All material should be viewed as academic and comes without any warranty.

We welcome suggestions, bug reports and any other indications of support and disgust. Direct all communications regarding CommonKADS support tools to Anjo Anjewierden (anjo@swi.psy.uva.nl)

KADS22 (download; interactive CML2 interface)
KADS22 documentation (on-line; to be completed)
CML2 documentation (including the syntax)
CML2 parser (for various platforms)

KADS22 interactive CML2 interface

KADS22 is an interactive interface for the CML2 Knowledge Modelling language. KADS22 provides an interactive graphical interface (much like the familiar Windows programs) with the following functionality: parsing CML2 files, pretty-printing, hypertext browsing, generation of the graphical notation, search, glossary generation, HTML generation.

Preliminary documentation of KADS22 (including some screen-dumps) is also available.

The installation file also includes a compatible version of the CML2 parser.

Download

KADS22 (installation file for Windows 95 / 98 / NT)

CML2 documentation

CML2 (Conceptual Modelling Language) is the CommonKADS knowledge modelling language. The syntax description and the parser correspond to the draft CommonKADS book as submitted to the publisher.

Further reading

CML2 documentation (syntax, reference and parser documentation; HTML)

CML2 syntax (cross-referenced BNF; HTML)

Housing application (example CML2 model; plain-text)

CML2 parser

The CML2 parser is a stand alone executable. The parser can be used to check a file containing CML2 for syntactical correctness. Ready-to-run versions are available for the platforms listed below.

Download CML 2.2 parser

Linux (for Linux; gzip file)

Windows (for Windows 95 / 98 / NT; zip file)

SunOS (for Sparc SunOS 4.1; gzip file)

Solaris (for Sparc Solaris; gzip file)