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Figure 12.4
The chat panel allows users to send instant messages and direct links to
ontology entities.
Collaborative Prot é g é also supports alternative workfl ows involving the
notes. Notes may have a status property attached to them (visible in Fig. 12.3).
For example, a proposal could have a status such as Under discussion, Accepted,
or Rejected. Other status designations can be confi gured in the Changes and
Annotations Ontology for different types of notes by simply creating instances
of the Status class. Using this fl exible approach, one can customize Collaborative
Protégé to match a particular workfl ow for an application.
Our users have also requested a way to archive notes and discussions. A
note can be archived by simply clicking on the Archive check box that is part
of a note form. The user interface can be confi gured to show or hide archived
notes using the Collaboration menu. This feature is particularly important in
the workfl ow for ontology development: Once a proposal has been closed,
either by implementing it or rejecting it, a user with enough privileges can
archive the proposal and hide it, so that it does not clutter the display of active
discussions related to an entity. For documentation and history purposes, the
archived notes and proposals can be retrieved at any time.
Users may also search the existing notes and discussions in the Search tab.
The criteria for search include author name, note text, note type (e.g., Comment,
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