Text Editing

When a term is sub-selected , it is loaded into the text editor:

In this panel, you can edit all the attributes of a term.

Committing Your Changes

OBO-Edit does not immediately apply text edits. OBO-Edit tries to group edits together so that the behavior of "Undo" makes more sense (you wouldn't want to have to undo each and every letter typed, for example). OBO-Edit has two modes for making text edits permanent, auto-commit mode and manual commit mode.

In auto-commit mode, text edits are applied as soon as a new term is selected or the ontology is saved. To commit edits immediately, press Ctrl+Enter.

In manual commit mode, text edits are applied when the "Commit" button is pressed. The "Commit" button is only visible in manual commit mode.

See the Text Editing section of the Configuration Plugin for information about choosing the text editing mode.

Basic Attributes

Tabs

In order to fit all of the possible editing options onto one screen, some editing options are organized into tabs. To access a tab, click the tab name. Tabs that currently contain information are marked with an asterick.

Dbxref Tab -

This tab allows the user to add, edit, and remove general dbxrefs. General dbxrefs are used to provide mappings between a term and a term in another vocabulary.

To edit a dbxref, click it on the list to left. When the dbxref is selected, it will be loaded in the editor to the right. The editor contains the following fields:

To add a new dbxref, click the "Add" button. A new dbxref "XX:<new dbxref>" will be created.

To remove a dbxref, select the dbxref to remove, click the "Del" button. The dbxref will be removed.

Definition Tab -

Definition text and definition dbxrefs can be edited here. There are two fields:

Comment Tab -

The comment can be viewed and modified in this text area.

Cross Product Tab -

See Cross Products in the Text Editor

Synonyms Tab -

Synonyms are alternate names for a term.

To edit a synonym, click it on the list to left. When the synonym is selected, it will be loaded in the editor to the right. The editor contains the following fields:

Category Tab -

Categories are used to designate subsets of terms within an ontology. The category tab contains a list of the available categories in the ontology. If the selected term is a member of a category, the checkbox to the right will be checked. To change whether the term belongs to a particular category, check or uncheck the appropriate checkbox.

To edit the list of available categories, use the Category Manager Plugin .

Relation-Specific Attributes

The display is slightly different when a relation (rather than a class) has been selected.