Ontology Graph Editor

The Ontology Graph Editor is a powerful tool that allows users to directly edit an ontology graph from an intuitive user interface.

Visualize the graph at different granularity

The Ontology Graph Editor can be accessed whenever the icon in the figure below is present, by simply clicking on it.

Graph Visualizer Button

The Ontologies graph can be visualized at different granularity:

  • Complete View: To view the graph of all the ontologies defined in Blindata, click on the Ontology Graph Editor button that is visible in the Namespaces or in the Concepts list pages.
  • Namespace: To view the graph of a single namespace, click on the Ontology Graph Editor button that is visible in the namespace detail page.
  • Concept: To visualize the graph of a single concept and its related concepts, click on the Ontology Graph Editor button that is visible in the concept detail page, under the attributes section.

Add a Concept

Right-clicking on an empty area of the view allows you to add a new concept.

Add Concept

Add an Attribute to a Concept

Right-clicking on a node concept allows to execute actions on that concept.

  • View Summary: View the detail of the concept, with its attributes.
  • Add Attribute: Associate an attribute to that concept.

Edit Concept

Handle Relations between Concepts

To add a relation between two concept, right-click on the relation’s starting concept and select add relationship. Then connect the two concept using the editor linking feature.

Handle Relations between Concepts