Semantic Assistants
1. Overview
Semantic Assistants support users in content retrieval, analysis, and development, by offering context-sensitive NLP services directly integrated in standard desktop clients, like a word processor. They are implemented through an open service-oriented architecture, using Semantic Web ontologies and W3C Web Services.
Semantic Assistants Overview
1.1. Info Sheets
For the impatient, we have a few info sheets available:
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| Architecture Overview | OpenOffice Plug-In | Eclipse Plug-in |
2. Project Members
2.1. Project supervision
2.2. Current Group Members
- Bahar Sateli
- Eclipse plug-in; SA Server Extensions
- Elian Angius
- OpenOffice/LibreOffice client extensions and maintenance
2.3. Past Group Members
- Nikolaos Papadakis
- OpenOffice.org Writer plug-in extensions; Public release maintenance
- Tom Gitzinger
- Initial design & implementation
3. Software and Documentation
Please visit the Semantic Assistants Architecture page for more documentation and download of our open source software.
4. Publications
See a list of publications related to the Semantic Assistants project.
5. Funding
Funding for the Semantic Assistants project is supplied in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).





