Add a Class
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In the Ontology, click the Classes tab.
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Click
The Create a Class dialog box appears.
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Type the Label and select the type of Class (OWL Class or RDFS Class).
The URI is generated on the fly from the Class label entered (if English is
selected), otherwise a UUID (Universally unique identifier) based URI is
generated. Note:
Labels entered are in the language you selected in your
Preferences.
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Click Ok.
Update a Class
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In the Ontology, click the Classes tab.
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Select a Class and update the fields.
Note:
The URI and Type fields are not editable.
Depending on the type of the class (RDFS or OWL), you can add super classes,
equivalent classes, or classes with which the class is disjoint.
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RDFS Class |
OWL Class |
RDFS Class |
Sub Class of |
Yes |
Yes |
OWL Class |
Sub Class of |
Yes |
Yes |
Equivalent To |
NA |
Yes |
Disjoint with |
NA |
Yes |
- Optional:
If you want to edit or display additional properties (other than built-in
properties):
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Click > More
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In the Search properties field, enter the label of the
property you want to add.
An autocomplete list appears.
Select the property you want to add and click .
Note:
The list of properties is retrieved from the current ontology and from all its
prerequisite ontologies. Datatype, Object and Ontology properties are not
proposed.
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In the property line, add the values.
Depending on the property configuration, you can add Literal, or/and URI
values. For example, you can add:
- Literal value: a property whose values are literals.
Click to add a
literal value.
- Resource value: a property whose values are URI
resources.
- Resource or Literal value: a property whose values are
URIs or literals. Click to add a
literal value. Enter a URI name (autocomplete) to add a URI.
Note:
If the property is functional, only one value can be
provided.
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To delete an additional property, remove all its resources.
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Click Update.
Click Reset to ignore changes since last update.
Delete a Class
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In the Ontology, click the Classes tab.
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Click next to the
Class you want to delete.
You can also click on the Class and click .
A dialog box asking if you want to delete the Class appears.
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Click Yes.
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