xOperator SWC 2008 instructions

xOperator participates at the ISWC Semantic Web Challenge 2008.
There are two ways how to use or test the current release of the xOperator:

1. Demonstration with the Test Account on Meebo.com
2. Installing the xOperator on your local machine

Demonstration with the Test Account

As the xOperator uses Instant Messaging for communication with the user, it is necessary to connect via XMPP (Jabber) to xmpp:joerg.tester@aksw.org.
This connection can be established with the online web interface from Meebo:

1. Log into the jabber account joerg.tester@aksw.org and password test123.
2. Using the meebo.com account joerg.tester with password test123. You find a predefined jabber connection there.

Both possibilities can be seen in figure 1. You can also use your favorite Jabber client. (Please use the userdata defined in the first Meebo possibility)

When the connection is established you can interact with the agent by chatting with the contact “My Agent” (See figure 2 for example).

For a start you can say “Hello” to the xOperator and ask for “Help”, or simply try the examples found in the paper on the one hand. On the other hand you can use the templates described below.

Querying with Templates

The xOperator will list existing templates by typing “templates”, alternatively you can try the template list.

Installation

The second possibility to bring the xOperator to life is by downloading and installing it. Informations about downloading xOperator can be found here: Download. To get this tool installed please have a look at the First Steps Site