PrF UG classes class editor - Revision history

RichMorin at 00:22, November 14, 2008

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RichMorin at 23:06, October 26, 2008

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RichMorin at 22:59, October 26, 2008

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RichMorin at 19:26, October 21, 2008

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RichMorin at 00:50, October 21, 2008

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RichMorin at 18:24, October 20, 2008

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RichMorin at 18:46, October 15, 2008

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RichMorin at 22:09, October 14, 2008

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 == The Class Editor ==
-{{PrF_UG_TOC_classes}}<div id='prf_ug'>
+<noinclude>{{PrF_UG_TOC_classes}}<div id='prf_ug'></noinclude>
 The Class Editor can be used to define and edit the attributes of a class.
@@ Line 106: / Line 106: @@
-</div>
+<noinclude></div></noinclude>

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 rect 237  62 457 174 [[#The_Class_Documentation_Pane |The Class Documentation pane]]
 rect   3  59 234 115 [[#The_Class_Name_Field         |The Class Name field]]
-rect 600  21 685  48 [[#Note_Icons                   |Note Icons]]
+rect 600  21 685  48 [[#Note_Icons                   |Note icons]]
 rect   5 120 233 172 [[#The_Class_Role_Menu          |The Class Role menu]]
 rect 237  62 457 174 [[#The_Class_Documentation_Pane |The Class Documentation pane]]

@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 <imagemap>
 Image:PrF_UG_classes_class_editor.png|frame|none|Class Editor
-rect 462  61 685 170 [[#The_Class_Constraints_Pane   |The Class Constraints Pane]]
+rect 462  61 685 170 [[#The_Class_Constraints_Pane   |The Class Constraints pane]]
-rect 237  62 457 174 [[#The_Class_Documentation_Pane |The Class Documentation Pane]]
+rect 237  62 457 174 [[#The_Class_Documentation_Pane |The Class Documentation pane]]
-rect   3  59 234 115 [[#The_Class_Name_Field         |The Class Name Field]]
+rect   3  59 234 115 [[#The_Class_Name_Field         |The Class Name field]]
 rect 600  21 685  48 [[#Note_Icons                   |Note Icons]]
-rect   5 120 233 172 [[#The_Class_Role_Menu          |The Class Role Menu]]
+rect   5 120 233 172 [[#The_Class_Role_Menu          |The Class Role menu]]
-rect 237  62 457 174 [[#The_Class_Documentation_Pane |The Class Documentation Pane]]
+rect 237  62 457 174 [[#The_Class_Documentation_Pane |The Class Documentation pane]]
-rect   6 179 691 488 [[#The_Template_Slots_Pane      |The Template Slots Pane]]
+rect   6 179 691 488 [[#The_Template_Slots_Pane      |The Template Slots pane]]
 desc none
 </imagemap>
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 <b>Editor</b> has several slots which appear in the Template Slots pane.
 For a full description, see the separate
-[[PrF_UG_classes_template_slot_pane|Template Slots Pane]] topic.
+[[PrF_UG_classes_template_slot_pane|Template Slots pane]] topic.
 </div>

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 <imagemap>
-Image:PrF_UG_classes_class_editor.png|Class Editor
+Image:PrF_UG_classes_class_editor.png|frame|none|Class Editor
 rect 462  61 685 170 [[#The_Class_Constraints_Pane   |The Class Constraints Pane]]
 rect 237  62 457 174 [[#The_Class_Documentation_Pane |The Class Documentation Pane]]

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 <imagemap>
 Image:PrF_UG_classes_class_editor.png|Class Editor
-rect 462  61  685 170   [[#The_Class_Constraints_Pane      |The Class Constraints Pane]]
+rect 462  61 685 170 [[#The_Class_Constraints_Pane   |The Class Constraints Pane]]
-rect 237  62  457 174   [[#The_Class_Documentation_Pane    |The Class Documentation Pane]]
+rect 237  62 457 174 [[#The_Class_Documentation_Pane |The Class Documentation Pane]]
-rect   3  59  234 115   [[#The_Class_Name_Field            |The Class Name Field]]
+rect   3  59 234 115 [[#The_Class_Name_Field         |The Class Name Field]]
-rect 600  21  685  48   [[#Note_Icons                      |Note Icons]]
+rect 600  21 685  48 [[#Note_Icons                   |Note Icons]]
-rect   5 120  233 172   [[#The_Class_Role_Menu             |The Class Role Menu]]
+rect   5 120 233 172 [[#The_Class_Role_Menu          |The Class Role Menu]]
-rect 237  62  457 174   [[#The_Class_Documentation_Pane    |The Class Documentation Pane]]
+rect 237  62 457 174 [[#The_Class_Documentation_Pane |The Class Documentation Pane]]
-rect   6 179  691 488   [[#The_Template_Slots_Pane         |The Template Slots Pane]]
+rect   6 179 691 488 [[#The_Template_Slots_Pane      |The Template Slots Pane]]
 desc none
 </imagemap>

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 can be used for todos or communication while you are developing your knowledge base.
 They can be hidden using the <b>Hide Class Notes</b>
-[[Image:PrF_UG_windows_class_note.hide.gif|windows_class_note.hide]] button.
+([[Image:PrF_UG_windows_class_note.hide.gif|windows_class_note.hide]]) button.
 For information on how to add notes to any frame (class, instance, or slot),
 see [[PrF_UG_windows_yellow_stickies|Working with Notes]].

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 and [[PrF_UG_classes_edit_template_slots|Editing Template Slots]].
-<div>[[Image:PrF_UG_classes_class_editor.png|frame|none|
+<imagemap>
-       Class Editor]]</div>
+Image:PrF_UG_classes_class_editor.png|Class Editor
 === Note Icons ===

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 The Class Editor can be used to define and edit the attributes of a class.
 Click on a link or an area of the picture to jump to a summary.
-See also
+See also [[PrF_UG_classes_create_class|Creating a Class]],
 [[PrF_UG_classes_view_class|Displaying the Class Editor]],
 [[PrF_UG_classes_editing_a_class|Editing a Class]],
-and
+and [[PrF_UG_classes_edit_template_slots|Editing Template Slots]].
 <div>[[Image:PrF_UG_classes_class_editor.png|classes_class_editor]]</div>
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 === Note Icons ===
-The
+The [[PrF_UG_windows_yellow_stickies|note]] icons
 ([[Image:PrF_UG_windows_class_note.hide.gif|windows_class_note.hide]],
 [[Image:PrF_UG_windows_class_note.create.gif|windows_class_note.create]],
 [[Image:PrF_UG_windows_class_note.delete.gif|windows_class_note.delete]])
 at the upper right of the Editor allow you to work with class sticky notes.
-These notes,
+These notes, which are not part of your ontology,
 can be used for todos or communication while you are developing your knowledge base.
 They can be hidden using the <b>Hide Class Notes</b>
-<div>[[Image:PrF_UG_windows_class_note.hide.gif|windows_class_note.hide]]</div>
+[[Image:PrF_UG_windows_class_note.hide.gif|windows_class_note.hide]] button.
-button.
+For information on how to add notes to any frame (class, instance, or slot),
-For information on how to add notes to any frame (class,
+see [[PrF_UG_windows_yellow_stickies|Working with Notes]].
 Notes are not available when working with the Editor as a free-standing window.
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 The Name field allows you to name your class.
-When a class is created,
+When a class is created, it is given a default name, such as newspaper_Class_1.
 You can change the name of a new or existing class by highlighting the name and overwriting it.
 The following rules apply to class names:
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 </ul>
-A recommended convention is to make the first character of each word in a class name uppercase and the rest lowercase,
+A recommended convention is to make the first character
 and to separate words with underscores.
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 </ul>
-{{#var:PrF}} sets the role to <b>Concrete</b>,
+{{#var:PrF}} sets the role to <b>Concrete</b>, by default.
-by default. {{#var:PrF}} does not impose any restrictions on the role of your classes.
+{{#var:PrF}} does not impose any restrictions on the role of your classes.
-One common modeling convention is to make all leaf
+One common modeling convention
-(bottom-level)
+is to make all leaf (bottom-level) classes concrete,
-classes concrete,
+and all interior (higher-level, non-leaf) classes abstract.
 === The Class Constraints Pane ===
 Class constraints are defined programmatically.
-See
+See [[PrF_UG_classes_constraints|Constraints]]
 for more information.
 === The Class Documentation Pane ===
-The Class Documentation pane allows you to enter a text description of the class and other relevant information.
+The Class Documentation pane allows you
 These notes are part of your ontology.
 Filling in this field is optional,
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 The Template Slots pane displays the direct and inherited slots for the selected class.
-Slots,
+Slots, which represent properties of your class,
 are a crucial part of your knowledge base.
 In the example,
 <b>Editor</b> has several slots which appear in the Template Slots pane.
-For a full description,
+For a full description, see the separate
-see the separate
+[[PrF_UG_classes_template_slot_pane|Template Slots Pane]] topic.
 </div>