PowerLoom 4.0.0.beta now available

Dear PowerLoom Users,

PowerLoom 4.0.0.beta is now available from our download page at

  http://www.isi.edu/isd/LOOM/PowerLoom/download.html

The biggest changes from the latest PowerLoom snapshot are that now both the
Java-based PowerLoom GUI and the Ontosaurus KB browser are standardly included
with each PowerLoom release.  To try the GUI, simply lauch PowerLoom with the
--gui option:

  % ./powerloom --gui

This requires Java JDK 1.6 or later and is supported for both Linux, MacOS-X and
Windows.

To try Ontosaurus, start PowerLoom and then execute the following command:

  PL-USER |= (start-ontosaurus)

Once it is up and running, you can point your browser to

  http://localhost:9090/ploom/ontosaurus/

to browse KBs.  See the manual for more documentation on the GUI and
Ontosaurus.  Both the GUI and Ontosaurus rely on a PowerLoom backend HTTP
server which is currently supported in Java and certain Lisp versions that
support a Web server (such as Allegro CL).

Additional changes are summarized in the release notes below.