URI ID generator for owl project

[Elsa David]

Hello !

I have an owl project and when I want to create a new Class or instance, I can not choose to have a Id automatically generated.
Is there a way to have this option (like in a skos project) in my project ?

Thanks for your help!

Elsa David

[Armando Stellato]

Dear Elsa,

 

well, we did not even include the possibility because this is not good practice. Ontology names (names as of URIs, and in particular the local name of the URI, e.g. “Person” in “http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person” ) need to be meaningful.

While an ontology may have labels in various languages, all the references to it, even when documenting, are usually made in terms of its URI (usually, in prefixed form, e.g. foaf:Person for “http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person” ).

It is the same rule as for computer programming: use meaningful names for variables and functions in order to make your code readable.

Thesauri stay on another level, they are meant to provide concepts that are kept as neutral as possible (and thus, using codes, possibly generated) and then the role of labels is fundamental.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Armando

 

 

 

 

 

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[Elsa David]

Ok, I understand.

Thanks for your quick answer Armando ! :)

Cheers,

Elsa David