Creating or deleting an Ontology

You can add or delete an Ontology.

This task shows you how to:

Create an Ontology

You can create an Ontology

  1. Click .
    The Create an Ontology dialog box appears.
  2. Fill in the fields:

    • Label: a language specific name providing human-readable identifier of the Ontology
    • Prefix: short string in lowercase
    • URI: must finish with '/' or '#' characters, otherwise error sign appears
    • Thesaurus: turn on this option if the created ontology is a SKOS Thesaurus.

  3. Click Ok.

The new Ontology appears in the list. You can edit this Ontology later. For more information see Ontology Editor: Managing Ontologies: Editing an Ontology.

You can add prerequisite ontologies later in the Description tab. For more information, see Managing an Ontology metadata in the description.

Delete an Ontology

You can delete an Ontology.

  1. On the Ontology you want to delete, click .
    A message appears asking you to confirm the deletion.
  2. Click Yes.