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ences to entities in an ontology. In the remainder of this section, we present
some of the most salient features of Collaborative Proté g é .
12.2.1
Marginal Notes and Support for Discussions
When an ontology is developed by a large community in a collaborative
manner, it is only natural that there will be discussion related to specifi c mod-
eling decisions or other issues. Usually, such discussions take place in discus-
sion forums, teleconferences, or personal conversations, and often the design
rationale or the motivation for certain decisions is lost and it is hard to retrieve
at a later time.
Collaborative Protégé offers facilities for carrying out such discussion as an
integral part of ontology development. Figure 12.1 shows the user interface of
Collaborative Prot é g é . Collaborative Prot é g é is an extension of the Prot é g é
user interface: The “regular” user interface showing the class tree and proper-
ties has been extended with an additional window that manages the
collaboration-related information. The right-hand window shows the collab-
orative panels, such as Entity notes, Changes, Ontology notes, and so on. In
the example in Figure 12.1, users have added fi ve notes on the class selected
Figure 12.1
User interface of Collaborative Prot é g é . The left - hand - side panel shows
the class hierarchy; the middle panel (hidden in this screenshot) shows the details of
the selected class. The right-hand-side panel shows the collaborative panels. The entity
notes panel allows users to attach notes and discussion threads to classes, properties,
and individuals in the ontology.
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