Welcome to a preview of RacerPro 2.0:

The upcoming version of RacerPro will offer several new features and various improvements compared with its predecessor. Users of any preceding version (including BETA) will notice an increase in performance and an improved use of available resources.

Since the official release of the final version 2.0 still takes some time, we have decided to allow you a preview of the upcoming version. You can freely download the version 2.0 as compressed archives for the Windows, Mac OS X, and for the Linux platform — all 32 bit and x86 processors only. The RacerPro preview software comes with a time-limited trial license included which allows full operation without registering your copy.

RacerPro 2.0 will have all features of previous released versions (read more...) and will offer various improvements and benefits. For an introduction to the new features through short tutorials and examples please download the examples archive below.

You may also consult our update guidelines for general information about updating an existing installation and general hints regarding precautions.

We also provide a comprehensive overview over the RacerPro 2.0 reasoning environment.

Important: Terms and Conditions

RacerPro 2.0 is provided AS IS without any warranty. Use it on your own risk. Even though we put tremendous effort in providing a well-crafted software that meets the high quality expectations of our customers, we can not guarantee the absense of flaws or errors (bugs).

If you agree to the terms and conditions above you may proceed and download RacerPro 2.0 for your operating system!

We tweet the availability of new builds: Please follow http://twitter.com/RacerPro!

RacerPro 2.0 preview for Windows, 32bit 30.2 MB Last modified: 02/27/2013 03:44:46 PM

Platform:	Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 - 32bit
Build:	20130226 (ACL)
Package:	ZIP archive
Comment:	Download this ZIP archive for version 2.0 of the RacerPro application for 32bit versions of the Windows operating system platform. This package includes the RacerPro and the most current version of the RacerPorter application together with some support files and example documents. Please keep the files together on your hard drive as they are stored in the archive. This software is provided with an integrated full license which is valid until April 30, 2013. If RacerPorter fails to start with an appropriate error message, please install the "Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable" Library.

RacerPro 2.0 preview for Mac OS X, 32bit, x86 CPU 31.4 MB Last modified: 02/27/2013 03:16:34 PM

Platform:	Mac OS X - 32bit
Build:	20130226 (ACL)
Package:	Compressed disk image (DMG)
Comment:	Download this disk image for version 2.0 of the RacerPro application for Mac OS X on Intel CPUs. It contains a folder with the RacerPro and the latest version of RacerPorter application as well as some necessary support files and example documents — you should copy the folder to your hard disk but please keep the files together. This software is provided with an integrated full license which is valid until April 30, 2013.

RacerPro 2.0 preview for Linux, 32bit 41.6 MB Last modified: 02/27/2013 03:37:41 PM

Platform:	Linux - 32bit
Build:	20130226 (ACL)
Package:	GZipped TAR archive
Comment:	Download this archive for version 2.0 of the RacerPro application for Linux. This package includes the RacerPro and the most current version of the RacerPorter application (versions for GTK and MOTIF) together with some support files — please keep these files together. Examples are now also included in this archive. This software is provided with an integrated full license which is valid until April 30, 2013. (Hint: RacerPorter requires GTK+ 2.4 or higher)

Users Guide for RacerPro 2.0 preview (draft) 4.6 MB Last modified: 10/24/2012 05:07:02 PM

As of:

October 24, 2012

Comment:

This file is the draft version of the final users guide to RacerPro 2.0. It has been updated in several chapters to reflect the latest developments: e.g., it now provides step by step instructions for Java developers on how to connect custom applications to the RacerPro server and also covers the OWLAPI.
Please note that some of the features or example files mentioned in this draft version may not be integrated in the available Preview package.
The manual is provided for download in Adobe Acrobat portable document format (PDF). It may be updated anytime without notice.

Java development API: JRacer 2.0 preview 7.2 MB Last modified: 02/28/2013 07:12:33 AM

Released: 20130228
This archive contains the latest version of JRacer, the Java-based API to RacerPro 2.0 preview. JRacer has been rewritten completely and now features Java methods for each RacerPro native functions including optional parameters (avoiding the string conversion required in previous versions). Also included is racer.jar, the adapter to access RacerPro from your custom Java application through the OWLAPI. See the enclosed Readme-file and example code for initial instructions and refer to the rewritten RacerPro Users Guide for a documentation of the programming interfaces. Documentation for the Java classes RacerPro command set is provided in the ZIP file as well. JRacer comes without any warranty of any kind and is free to all users of RacerPro. Please note that you may have to change the encoding and line endings of the enclosed text files in order to work properly on your operating system platform.

Lisp development API: LRacer 2.0 preview 81.4 KB Last modified: 12/10/2012 08:13:58 AM

Released: 20121209
This archive contains the latest version of LRacer, the Lisp-based API to RacerPro 2.0 preview. LRacer has been rewritten completely and now supports UTF8 and external formats with compatible Lisp development systems. LRacer has been tested with Allegro Common Lisp 8.2 (mlisp and alisp), LispWorks 5.1 and 6, and SBCL 1.0.29 + SLIME, and CLISP 2.44.1. See the enclosed Readme-file for initial instructions and refer to the RacerPro reference manual for a documentation of the native RacerPro command set and the nRQL API. LRacer comes without any warranty of any kind and is free to all users of RacerPro. Please note that you may have to change the encoding and line endings of the enclosed text files in order to work properly on your operating system platform.

Additional notes for Java developers

RacerPro 2.0 can be used as a server application and offers different APIs for developers. In addition to raw TCP communication interfaces for Java (JRacer, OWLAPI), Common Lisp (LRacer), RacerPro 2.0 also supports the OWLlink communication interface, a successor of DIG. Furthermore, users of the famous Stanford Protégé editor can use RacerPro 2.0 as a reasoner service by installing the appropriate plugin which can be downloaded and kept updated from within the Protégé editor itself.

Refer to the Users Guide (offered for download here as well) for more information.

Below you'll find links to important ressources such as project web sites. Please note that the appearance here is for your convenience only: The following 'items' do not represent downlaod options from our web site. Actually, all necessary API library is included in the packages listed above.

OWLAPI Adapter for for RacerPro

Access RacerPro 2.0 from your custom Java application via the OWLAPI. Currently the OWLAPI adapter for RacerPro 2.0 is bundled in the JRacer package (see above). There we provide useful examples and all necessary library files as well. Documentation can be found in the rewritten Users Guide, also available here.
More information about the OWLAPI in general is provided on the projects web site at http://owlapi.sourceforge.net/

Adapter for Protégé

Please use the download mechanism from within Protégé to download the RacerPro 2.0 adapter.

Technical notes: We deliver the Protégé plugin and the OWLAPI adapter in a combined jar file. Hence, the OWLAPI adapter included in the JRacer ZIP archive above can be used as Protégé plugin and vice versa.

We suggest that you rely on the update mechanism of Protégé in order to keep your installation up to date. This ensures that you have versions of the Protégé editor, the RacerPro 2.0 software (will be downloaded by the plugin and has a permanent license) and the plugin that are compatible to each other.

More information about the plugin can be found in a Readme file.

	OWLlink API
	Based on the latest OWLAPI version 3 the OWLlink API enables Java applications to access OWL reasoners such as RacerPro 2.0 via the OWLlink protocol. More information is provided on the projects web site at `http://owllink-owlapi.sourceforge.net/` .