Franz Tech Corner News: Allegro CL 8.1 Now Available!

The Franz Tech Corner, August 1, 2007

In this issue:

1. Allegro CL 8.1 Now Available!
2. AllegroGraph Free Lisp Edition
3. AllegroGraph http/REST Protocol Tutorial
4. Training Schedule

1. Allegro CL 8.1 Now Available!

Allegro CL 8.1 was released today. For information on what is new and
improved in version 8.1, please visit:

http://franz.com/support/tech_corner/#acl81-080107

Get the Allegro CL 8.1 Free Express Edition here:

http://franz.com/downloads/#AllegroCL_Download

2. AllegroGraph Free Lisp Edition

For customers interested in Semantic Web technologies, Franz has
developed a new persistent, scalable triple-store database
product. This product is available separately from the Allegro CL
release process and pricing. In conjunction with the ACL 8.1 release,
Franz has introduced the Free Lisp Edition of AllegroGraph. It has a
maximum limitation of 50,000,000 RDF triples on appropriately
configured hardware. The AllegroGraph Free Lisp Edition is available
to all ACL customers as well as ACL Express Edition users.

See here for additional information:
http://franz.com/products/allegrograph/index.lhtml#download

Additionally, there are several recorded web presentations on various
related topics that you can view here:
http://franz.com/services/conferences_seminars/

3. AllegroGraph http/REST Protocol Tutorial

It is now possible for web developers and programmers alike to
interact with AllegroGraph 2.1 completely using a RESTful HTTP
protocol (using GET, PUT, POST) to add and delete triples, to query
for individual triples and to do SPARQL and Prolog selects. We didn't
invent this interface ourselves. We implemented the Sesame 2.0
HTTP-interface with some extensions (see the HTTP protocol
reference). The HTTP-interface can be used from any language that
knows how to make HTTP client requests. This means that you can use
AllegroGraph (functioning as a server) from Ruby, Python and many
other languages.

To view the tutorial:
http://franz.com/products/allegrograph/doc/lisp/http-protocol.html

4. Training Schedule

Allegro CL Certification Program - Basic and Intermediate courses
available. Next 3-day sessions:

- Basic, September 5, 12 and 19
- Intermediate, August 8, 15 and 22

Ask us about previously recorded programs that are available if you
are unable to attend the live course.

http://franz.com/services/classes

Make the most of your Allegro CL application by utilizing our
consulting services,

http://franz.com/services/consulting/

Lisp Jobs - http://lispjobs.wordpress.com/

For more information about other Franz products and services, please
contact your product application manager or email sales@franz.com.