<s>
Araucaria	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
argument	O
mapping	O
software	O
tool	O
developed	O
in	O
2001	O
by	O
Chris	O
Reed	O
and	O
Glenn	O
Rowe	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
Argumentation	O
Research	O
Group	O
at	O
the	O
School	O
of	O
Computing	O
in	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Dundee	O
,	O
Scotland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
visually	O
represent	O
arguments	O
through	O
diagrams	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
analysis	O
and	O
stored	O
in	O
Argument	O
Markup	O
Language	O
(	O
AML	O
)	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
and	O
may	O
be	O
downloaded	O
for	O
free	O
on	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
diagram	O
will	O
always	O
take	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
tree	O
structure	O
in	O
Araucaria	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
has	O
the	O
choice	O
of	O
translating	O
the	O
argument	O
into	O
standard	O
diagram	O
,	O
Toulmin	O
diagram	O
or	O
Wigmore	O
diagram	O
,	O
Araucaria	B-Protocol
3.1	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
software	O
to	O
integrate	O
the	O
latter	O
ontology	B-Language
and	O
to	O
address	O
the	O
translation	O
issues	O
between	O
the	O
different	O
diagrams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Araucaria	B-Protocol
helps	O
identify	O
the	O
structure	O
of	O
an	O
argument	O
,	O
it	O
provides	O
freedom	O
of	O
analysis	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Araucaria	B-Protocol
was	O
developed	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
in	O
order	O
to	O
be	O
supported	O
on	O
most	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
and	O
complies	O
with	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AML	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
application	O
of	O
argumentation	O
theory	O
in	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Because	O
it	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
standard	O
widely	O
used	O
by	O
developers	O
,	O
AML	O
content	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
through	O
other	O
software	O
that	O
support	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Likewise	O
,	O
AML	O
data	O
is	O
easily	O
available	O
online	O
after	O
using	O
style	O
sheets	O
to	O
create	O
HTML	B-Language
web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Araucaria	B-Protocol
itself	O
is	O
conceived	O
to	O
be	O
compatible	O
with	O
other	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
an	O
extension	O
of	O
the	O
Araucaria	B-Protocol
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Araucaria	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
used	O
by	O
magistrates	O
in	O
Ontario	O
Courts	O
to	O
help	O
with	O
a	O
large	O
volume	O
of	O
relatively	O
simple	O
cases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
advantages	O
of	O
using	O
Araucaria	B-Protocol
in	O
both	O
learning	O
and	O
teaching	O
philosophy	O
was	O
considered	O
by	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
authors	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
other	O
scholars	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
paper	O
published	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Araucaria	B-Protocol
is	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
pre-existing	O
software	O
in	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
mid-2009	O
,	O
Araucaria	B-Protocol
is	O
deemed	O
to	O
have	O
approximately	O
10,000	O
users	O
,	O
even	O
though	O
that	O
is	O
hard	O
to	O
assess	O
with	O
precision	O
when	O
it	O
comes	O
to	O
software	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
on	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
logs	O
show	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
base	O
is	O
very	O
wide	O
both	O
on	O
a	O
geographical	O
level	O
(	O
more	O
than	O
40	O
countries	O
)	O
and	O
on	O
a	O
sectoral	O
level	O
(	O
range	O
of	O
domains	O
including	O
doctors	O
,	O
statisticians	O
,	O
lawyers	O
and	O
engineers	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Araucaria	B-Protocol
is	O
arguably	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
sophisticated	O
diagramming	O
software	O
packages	O
and	O
enjoys	O
an	O
important	O
user	O
base	O
,	O
its	O
interface	O
and	O
features	O
may	O
be	O
viewed	O
as	O
outdated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
unknown	O
if	O
this	O
rewrite	O
will	O
be	O
the	O
occasion	O
to	O
turn	O
Araucaria	B-Protocol
into	O
an	O
online	O
and/or	O
collaborative	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
