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<span class="orangeBoxTitle">Protege 4 User Documentation</span>

This page contains a collection of links to documentation for end users of the Protege 4.x series.

Please give us your feedback!  We have a mailing list specifically for discussion about Protege 4.x.  You can subscribe to the list via the list information page: http://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/p4-feedback.


'''16 Jun 2010:''' Protege 4.1 beta release&nbsp;&nbsp;([[Protege_4.1_Beta_Release_Notes|more]])<br />
'''04 Mar 2010:''' Protege 4.1 alpha release&nbsp;&nbsp;([[Protege_4.1_Alpha_Release_Notes|more]])<br />
'''03 Dec 2009:''' Protege 4.0.2 patch release&nbsp;&nbsp;([[Protege 4.0.2 Release Notes|more]])<br/>
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== Protege 4 status ==

=== Build status & release notes ===

The latest Protege 4 build is the [[Protege 4.1 Alpha Release Notes|4.1 alpha release]] from March 4, 2010.

To help you decide whether to update, we maintain a complete list of release notes for prior versions of Protege 4:

* [[Protege 4.0.2 Release Notes|Protege 4.0.2 patch release]], December 3, 2009
* [[Protege 4.0.1 Release Notes|Protege 4.0.1 patch release]], October 28, 2009
* [[P4 Release Announcement|Protege 4.0 release]], June 16th, 2009
* [http://protege.cim3.net/download/old-releases/4.0%20rc1/_ReleaseNotes_4.0_RC1.html Protege 4.0 RC1], June 1st, 2009
* [http://protege.cim3.net/download/old-releases/4.0%20betas/_ReleaseNotes_4.0_Betas.html Protege 4.0 beta builds]
* [[Protege 4 beta announcement|Protege 4.0 beta announcement]]
* [http://protege.cim3.net/download/old-releases/4.0%20alphas/_ReleaseNotes_4.0_Alphas.html Protege 4.0 alpha builds]

=== Bugs & feature requests ===

Before you report a feature request or potential bug, check the lists below to ensure it hasn't already been reported. If the item is not currently open or you have further information or a question about an existing item, please post a message on the [http://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/p4-feedback Protege 4 mailing list].  Give as much detail as possible (including examples or ontologies if possible) as this will help us track things down more quickly.

* [https://bmir-gforge.stanford.edu/gf/project/owleditor/tracker/?action=TrackerItemBrowse&tracker_id=121 Feature request tracker] - a searchable list of features that have been requested (and implemented)

* [https://bmir-gforge.stanford.edu/gf/project/owleditor/tracker/?action=TrackerItemBrowse&tracker_id=118 Bugtracker] - a searchable list of reported and resolved bugs

=== Documentation TODO list ===

To follow is list of considerations for improving Protege itself, the documentation, and this wiki.

* Convert [http://www.co-ode.org/resources/tutorials/protege-owl-tutorial.php A Practical Guide Guide to Building Ontologies...] to a collection of Wiki pages so that the guide can be more easily shared, searched, modified, commented on, referenced by section, extended, etc.

== Protege-OWL Editor ==

=== [[Protege-OWL_4_FAQ | Protege-OWL FAQ]] ===

We have put together a wiki page to answer the most commonly asked questions about the 4.x series of the Protege application:

=== Getting started / tutorials ===

* [[Protege4GettingStarted | Getting started with the Protege-OWL editor]] - a short guide to the interface
* [[Protege4Pizzas10Minutes | Pizzas in 10 minutes: A demo of  modeling shortcuts]] - a quickstart guide to creating your first OWL ontology
* [http://owl.cs.manchester.ac.uk/tutorials/protegeowltutorial/ A Practical Guide to Building OWL Ontologies using Protege 4 and CO-ODE Tools] - a substantial guide to OWL and ontology engineering
* Cody Burleson's [http://www.semanticfocus.com/blog/entry/title/introduction-to-semantic-web-vision-and-technologies-part-5-building-owl-ontologies-using-protege-4-screencast/ screencast] version of the tutorial listed directly above (it would be great if he got some encouragement for part 6).

=== Editor features ===

* [[Protege4Features | Overview of features]] - a quick summary of the editor
* [[Protege4Views | P4 views guide]] - a list of all of the default views that are distributed with P4
* [[Protege4Shortcuts | P4 menu guide]] - all of the default menus explained in detail (with keyboard shortcuts)
* [[Protege4Preferences | P4 preferences guide]] - customising P4 to your needs
* [[Protege4NamingAndRendering|Naming and rendering of entities]] - a note on naming things in OWL and configuring P4 to support your naming conventions
* [[Protege4ExpressionEditor | P4 expression editor]] - adding and editing OWL expressions in P4
* [[Manchester_OWL_Syntax|Manchester OWL Syntax]] - an overview of the default syntax used by P4
* [[DLQueryTab | DL Query tab]] - how to query using arbitrary class expressions in OWL
* [[P4AnonymousClasses|Anonymous classes]] - support in P4 for class expressions
* [[Importing_Ontologies_in_P41|OWL Imports]] -  modular ontology support in OWL and P4.1
* [[Protege4AxiomAnnotations|Axiom annotations]] - how to annotate at axiom level in Protege 4

=== Further setup / configuration ===

* [[ChangingTheHeapSize|Adding more memory]]
* [[EnablingDoubleClick|Double-clicking on OWL files]]
* [[ClearingP4Preferences|Dealing with P4 preferences problems]]

== Plugins ==

=== Finding plug-ins ===

* From build 104 P4 will find plugins and updates for you. See our [[EnablePluginAutoUpdate|Auto Update]] page.

* [[Protege-OWL_4.0 | Plugins for Protege 4.x OWL editor]] - the list of "Compatible Plugins" on this page is the result of a semantic query that gathers all plug-ins that have declared themselves compatible with the 4.x version of the Protege-OWL editor.

* [http://www.co-ode.org/downloads/protege-x/plugins/ CO-ODE Protege 4.x Plugins] - the CO-ODE group at the University of Manchester is the biggest contributor of plug-ins to the Protege-OWL editor. This is a good place to go to download early releases and source code for CO-ODE developed plug-ins.

=== Advertising plug-ins ===

If you have developed a plug-in for Protege-OWL 4.x and you would like to contribute it to the community,
please see [[Protege4Contributing#Plugins|contributing plugins]].

== Contributing ==

Please see this page for details on how you can [[Protege4Contributing|contribute]].