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The Toolbar consists of buttons to perform various operations described below. The Reference and Content windows are designed to display contents of ontology. Links in both windows display their contents in the content window. This facilitates exploring various links associated with a word or concept in the reference window without the need to continuously go back and forth.
Module: Allows you to select a PowerLoom Module for interpreting the name in the input field.
Show: Displays an overview of the selected module. This will include a section on undefined concepts and relations as well as a list of top level concepts in the module. This page is displayed in the reference window.
HoldWindow: Moves the contents of the content (right) window into the reference (left) window.
concept, relation, or instance. Selects the type of object entered in the type-in box.
Type in Box: Input for entering the name of an object for browsing.
Find: Displays the object specified by the type menu and the type in box. This page is displayed in the reference window.
Match Allows the choice of matching style. The available styles are "Exactly", "Case Insensitive" and "Substring" (eventually also "Wildcard" and "Regular Expression").
To begin exploring select an appropriate module, then select one of concept, relation, or instance. Finally enter a symbol in the input area of the toolbar and press Find to initiate a request to the server.
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Print this message. | Active |
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Information about the given topic or page section. | Active |
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Bring up the PowerLoom Reference Manual. | Active |
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Show the PowerLoom home page. | Active |
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Mark a single-valued relation. | Information |
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Mark a multiple-valued relation. | Information |
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Marks read-only single and multiple-valued relations. | Information |
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Marks a direct instance of a concept. | Information |
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Marks an indirect instance of a concept. | Information |
? | Marks an undefined concept or relation. | Information |
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