Eyeball is a Jena-based tool for checking RDF models (including OWL) for common problems. It is user-extensible using plugins.
This page is historical “for information only” - there is no Apache
release of Eyeball and the code has not been updated for Jena3.
The original source code is available.
Documentation index
- The brief guide.
- The manual.
- The JavaDoc.
Getting the Eyeball release
Installation
Eyeball needs to be compiled from source.
If you have Ant installed, run the Eyeball test suite:
ant test
Ensure all the jars in the Eyeball lib directory are on your
classpath.
Using Eyeball with Apache Maven
TODO
Trying it out
Pick one of your RDF files; we’ll call it FOO for now. Run the command-line command
java jena.eyeball -check FOO
You will likely get a whole bunch of messages about your RDF. The messages are supposed to be self-explanatory, so you may be able to go ahead and fix some problems straight away. If you get a Java error about NoClassDefFoundError, you’ve forgotten to set the classpath up or use the -cp myClassPath option to Java.
You may also want to try the experimental GUI, see below.
If the messages aren’t self-explanatory, or you want more details, please consult the guide.
Experimental Eyeball GUI
Eyeball includes a simple GUI tool which will allow multiple files to be checked at once and multiple schemas to be assumed. It will also allow you to select which inspectors are used.
To start the GUI, use the following (assuming your classpath is set up, as above): java jena.eyeballGUI