Saving a Database Project

You can save a Protégé-2000 project as a single table in a JDBC database. Before you do this, you will need to do the following:

Note: When a project is saved in a JDBC database, backend changes to the database (for example, changes to slots, classes, and instances) are committed as soon as they are made. However, changes to the User Interface (which is stored in the .pprj file) are not committed until you press the Save button.

Once you have set up your JDBC database, you can save your Protégé-2000 project as a database files in one of two ways:

After you have chosen your format, choose the name and location for the project as follows:

  1. When you have selected JDBC Database, the Single Table JDBC Database dialog box is displayed:
  2. To select or change the name or location of the pprj file, enter the information you want in the Project line of the dialog box. Be sure to give the file a pprj extension. To browse for a new location, cllick the button.  If you do not specify a location for the project, by default, the project is saved in the directory where Protégé-2000 is installed. 
  3. Enter the name of your JDBC driver in the JDBC Driver line of the dialog box.
  4. Enter the URL for your database in the JDBC URL line.
  5. Protégé-2000 will automatically use the name of the existing pprj file as the name of the table in the database. If you wish to change this, type the new name for the database in the Table line of the dialog box. 
  6. If your database requires a username and/or password, enter these in the appropriate lines of the dialog box.
  7. Click OK. 

You can store multiple projects in the same database by giving their tables different names.


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