Moving frames mode allows you to move frames from an included to an including project. This is the only mode that alters the original ontology as well as the target ontology. It is a good idea to make copies of both the including and included ontologies before you enable moving frames mode.
Protégé facilitates reuse and development of ontologies through the project-inclusion mechanism. One project can include one or several other projects and reuse all frames from the included projects. The "moving frames" mode of the PROMPT tab allows you to move the frames from the included project into the including one, thus altering both.In moving frames mode, the Prompt Tab has two subtabs:
The Suggestions tab does not appear in moving frames mode.
Via these tabs, PROMPT guides you through the moving frames process, identifying conflicts and proposing conflict-resolution strategies.
The Conflicts Tab contains a running list of conflicts to help you sever all the links from the included project to the including one, to ensure that nothing in the including project depends on the included one.
When moving a frame, you can choose everything that must be moved in order for the projects to remain consistent. An included project should always stand on its own, therefore, no frame that remains in the included project should depend on a frame that has been moved to the including project. You can also choose to perform the process frame-by-frame.
When you first start moving frames, the Conflicts tab is empty. When conflicts arise, the tab name is highlighted in red.
The New Operations Tab is a working area that shows your source ontology and allows you to create new operations.
The possible moving frames operations are:
Frames that have been moved to the including (local) ontology are marked with a local
icon in the Result Window. Frames that are still
part of the included ontology are marked with a color, such as blue, to show
their origin.
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