iQvoc is a vocabulary management tool that combines easy-to-use human interfaces with Semantic Web interoperability.

iQvoc supports vocabularies that are common to many knowledge organization systems, such as:

• Thesauri
• Taxonomies
• Classification schemes
• Subject heading systems

iQvoc provides comprehensive functionality for all aspects of managing such vocabularies:

• import of existing vocabularies from a SKOS representation
• multilingual display and navigation in any Web browser
• editorial features for registered users
• publishing the vocabulary in the Semantic Web

iQvoc is built with state-of-the-art technology and can be easily customized according to user's needs.

1. Configure your database via config/database.template.yml. Don't forget to rename it to database.yml
2. Run bundle install
3. Run bundle exec rake db:create to create the database
4. Create the necessary tables by running rake db:migrate
5. Load some base data by running rake db:seed
6. Create config/initializers/secret_token.rb based on config/initializers/secret_token.rb.template, filling in the secret token generated by bundle exec rake secret
7. Boot up the app using bundle exec rails s (or passenger start if you use passenger)
8. Log in with "admin@iqvoc" / "admin" or "demo@iqvoc" / "cooluri" (cf. step #5)
9. Visit the Users section and change the default passwords

iQvoc is fully compatible with Ruby 1.9.2, 1.8.7 and JRuby 1.6.

There are many hooks providing support for your own classes and configuration. The core app also works as a Rails Engine. The config residing in lib/iqvoc.rb provides a basic overview of the possibilities.

If you want to help out there are several options:

• Found a bug? Just create an issue on the GitHub Issue tracker and/or submit a patch by initiating a pull request
• You're welcome to fix bugs listed under Issues
• Proposal, discussion and implementation of new features on our mailing list [email protected] or on the issue tracker

If you make changes to existing code please make sure that the test suite stays green. Please include tests to your additional contributions.

Tests can be run via rake test. We're using capybara-webkit for integration tests with JavaScript support.

iQvoc was originally created and is being maintained by innoQ Deutschland GmbH.

• Robert Glaser (mrreynolds)
• Till Schulte-Coerne (tillsc)
• Frederik Dohr (FND)

Copyright 2011 innoQ Deutschland GmbH Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0