Merging

Works by: Drag and drop, right-click

Hot keys: M

Source requirements: Exactly one source term required

Target requirement: One target required

It is possible to merge two concepts into one. When term A is merged into term B, the following things happen:

It is impossible to create a cycle by merging, because any potentially cyclic links are not copied to the target term. See caveats for potential pitfalls of this behavior.

To merge two terms, select the source term you would like to merge (if a term appears in the ontology editor panel multiple times because of multiple parentage, it does not matter which one you choose). Indicate the target term by right-clicking or drag and drop.

Choose "Merge" from the right-click menu or drag and drop popup menu. The terms will be merged.

Merging Comments & Definitions

When two terms are merged, the source term's comments are merged with the target term's comments, and the source term's definition is merged with the target term's definition. When merging comments and definitions, the following rules are used:

Caveats

 

Hotkeys

Hold down the "M" key while dragging to specify the "Merge" operation. The title above the dragged terms will change from "Dragging..." to "Merge...":

When the term is dropped, the source and target term will be merged automatically.