DOME User Guide

(http://dome.sourceforge.net/)

The Distributed Ontology Management Environment (DOME) is developed by the Ontology Management Working Group (OMWG). It allows for the editing, mapping and versioning of WSMO Ontologies.

Installation

• DOME can be downloaded from http://dome.sourceforge.net/download.shtml
• By clicking the link an installer is started automatically
• The install wizards just has to be followed until the setup is completed

Starting

• Depending on the options chosen during the installation and the operating system some start icon has to be clicked (Under Windows in can be in the program folder and / or on the desktop)

Using

• Create a new project through a click on
• Enter a project name -> “Finish”
• Create a new WSML file through a click on
• Enter a file name ending with .wsml -> “Finish”
• Create a new Mapping file through a click on
• Enter a file name ending with .map -> “Finish”
• In the navigator on the left side the project with the files is displayed
• A double click on a .wsml / .map file invokes the WSML / mapping editor respectively.

Examples

Editing

• Double click your_file.wsml
• Use the right mouse button on ontologies and ontology elements to invoke the respective context menu
• Try to create, rename and remove ontologies and ontology elements
• Use the left mouse button to drag & drop ontology elements
• Drag a concept onto some attribute in order to set its range
• Use the “WSML” tab at the bottom of the editor to switch to the source view

Versioning

• Modify your ontology in the tree view of an WSML editor
• The ">" in front of the name of your ontology signals that changes have been performed
• After finishing your desired operations you can either
  • Undo the changes by right-clicking on the ontology and selecting "Drop" from the context menu
  • Commit the changes by right clicking the ontology and selecting "Commit..." from the context menu
    • In the commit dialog you can modify the version comment and / or the version ID

Mapping

• Double click your_file.wsml
• Double click your_second_file.wsml
• Use the left mouse button to arrange the WSML windows besides each other
• Double click your_file.map
• Arrange the mapping editor below the WSML editors
• Hold the control key down while dragging a concept out of one WSML editor and dropping it onto a concept of the second WSML editor
• Inspect the created mapping in the mapping editor by opening the respective tree nodes
• Use the “Mapping Language” tab at the bottom of the editor to switch to the source view

Non Functional Properties

• Click the button to open the NFP view
• Use this view to inspect and modify non functional properties
• Create a new NFP through the menu button of this view (top right) -> "New DC:" or -> "Create NFP"
• Edit the value of an NFP by clicking on it, modifying the text, confirming with the return key

Instances

• Use the lower part of the WSML editor to inspect instances as well as relation instances
• Create an instance trough a right click on a concept in the WSML editor
• Modify its attribute values through clicking the respective fields in the instance table, modifying values in the pop-up dialog and confirming with the return key