The New Operations tab shows you your source ontologie(s) and allows you to create new operations, which you can either perform immediately or add to the ToDo list at the Suggestions Tab.
The New Operations tab includes the following areas:
The Source Knowledge Bases area shows you the original ontologie(s) that you are incorporating into your working project.
The exact contents of the area depend on the mode in which you are working:
The New Operations window is not available for compare mode.
Tabs allow you to choose whether to view classes, slots, or frames. You can
navigate through the ontologies in the same way you would navigate through the
Class, Slot, or Instance tab. You can also search for a frame by typing all
or part of its name in the search bar and then clicking the Find
button. Additional functionality is provided by the source
buttons and the source icons.
Once you have highlighted a frame, you can load it into the create operations
area by clicking the Load button. See the Create
Operations Area on this page for further information.
Note: The Source Knowledge Bases area at the New Operations tab is
similar to the Source Knowledge Bases Window,
accessed by clicking the Source button
in the Suggestions Tab. However, the area in the
New Operations tab is more flexible, allowing you to navigate directly through
the hierarchy of the incorporated ontologies without reference to the selection
in the Suggestions Tab.
Buttons at the top of each pane allow you to view information about the highlighted frame:
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V(iew) button: Click this button to open the Class, Slot, or Instance Form for the highlighted frame. Because you are viewing the original ontology, you cannot edit the frame from this version of the form. However, you may be able to access additional information, such as viewing the slots of a selected class. |
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Back-references button: Click this button to view all the objects in the original ontology that reference the highlighted frame. |
Special icons to the right of a frame indicate its status:
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The frame has been mapped (merge, extract, or compare ontologies). A mapped frame has been copied in some way into the working project, for example, by merging, copying, or mapping after a compare. It has not been altered in the original ontology. |
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The frame is local (move from included to including ontology). A local frame has been moved from the original ontology to the working ontology. In this case, the original ontology has been altered. |
The Create Operations area allows you to create a new prompt operation and perform the operation. For merge and moving frames modes, you can also defer the operation by adding it to the To Do list in the Suggestions Tab.
Note: A similar dialog appears when you click the Create
button at the Suggestions Tab.
However, the dialog at the New Operations tab has additional functionality that allows you to use the information in the top
half to load frames.
The Create Operations area contains the following sections:
Two buttons at the bottom of the New Operations tab allow you to choose how to perform the operation:
Whenever an operation is performed, the ToDo list at the Suggestions Tab and the Conflicts Tab are updated appropriately.
Next: The Result Window