Forms determine how your instance information is presented and entered. By changing a form, you can:
The browser key is the slot that is used to identify the different instances when they are displayed in a list. If you do not select a slot to use as a browser key, Protégé-2000 uses a default key, <inherit>, such as newspaper_0017. It is usually helpful to set a browser key for all classes that will contain instances. In fact, you may choose to set the browser key before you even start entering instances.
To set the browser key for the Editor slot:
Now return to the Forms Tab to continue customizing the Editor form.
To hide the Byname field:
Now, you may no longer like the layout of the form. To reposition a field by dragging:
When you have a lot of fields, and you have deleted or resized several of them, it can be time-consuming to move all the fields by hand. Protégé-2000 provides a short-cut to rearrange all the visible fields on a form into a standard order, accomodating their current size. You can then use this as a basis to further customize the form.
To have Protégé-2000 arrange the fields for you:
Congratulations. You have now created a simple project with Protégé-2000. You can now explore the program on your own, using it to represent your own ontology. For more information about the capabilities of Protégé-2000, see the Protege-2000 Documentation Home Page.