Menthor Editor is a free

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for dealing with

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. It also includes

syntax validation,

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simulation,

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verification, and

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transformations from

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and Natural Language (Brazilian Portuguese). Menthor Editor emerged from

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was developed at the

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located at the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) in Vitória city, state of

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Menthor Editor was developed by Menthor using

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. Menthor Editor is available in

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and it is a multiplatform software, i.e., it is compatible with

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and

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. The developer's of Menthor Editor reported in 2000 that it is no longer maintained and that it has been replaced by the OntoUML Plugin for Visual Paradigm, informing that features of the Menthor Editor will gradually be migrated to this new solution.

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