Protege3UserDocs

Protege 3 User Documentation

This page contains a collection of links to Protege documentation for end users of the Protege 3.x series. This Wiki page is not exhaustive. Users should also check the documentation section of the Protege Web site for Protege-related documentation.

Protege 3 status

The most recent version in the Protege 3 series is the 3.5 release (build 663) from April 24, 2013.

To help you decide whether to update, please refer to our complete list of release notes for prior versions of Protege.

General (applicable to Frames and OWL)

Documentation links in this section are applicable to all flavors of the Protege 3.x series, e.g., Protege-Frames, Protege-OWL, etc.

• Display configuration
  • Adding synonyms to class names
  • Hiding identifiers with labels, browse ontologies in a different language
  • Displaying images in ontologies
• Support for internationalization - see all menus, labels, etc. in a different language
• Setting the heap size for Protege

Protege-OWL

• Protege-OWL 3.x FAQ
• Getting started with Protege-OWL
• Protege-OWL Tutorial - tutorial written by Matthew Horridge on developing OWL ontologies using the Protege-OWL editor (slightly outdated, but still very helpful).
• Imports
  • How imports work in OWL 1.0
  • Managing imports
• Using DL reasoners in Protege-OWL
• Manchester OWL Syntax
• Migration from 3.1 to 3.4 (Software) (Doc) - application written by Brice Sommacal from the Protege user community to help with upgrade process.
• Database backend
  • Working with the database back-end in OWL
  • Script for converting an OWL file to the database backend

Collaborative Protege & Protege Client-Server

• Protege Client-Server tutorial - setup and use of the client-server capabilities
• Collaborative Protege - support for collaborative ontology development; adding notes to classes, change tracking, chat, etc.
• Change tracking - track and record the changes the users make in the ontology

Protege-Frames

• Getting started with Protege-Frames: html or pdf
• Protege-Frames User's Guide
• Older version of the Protege-Frames User's Guide
• Information about the "Experimental XML File" back-end

Graph Widget

• Graph widget tutorial for OWL ontologies
• Graph widget tutorial for Frames ontologies: html or pdf
• How to upgrade OWL projects that use the graph widget from Protege 3.3.1 to Protege 3.4 and higher

Comparison between Protege Desktop 3 and Protege 4/5

• You may find the comparison between Proeteg 3 and Protege 4/5 here.