Search

Ontologies can become quite big in size. To facilitate the work with larger ontologies, NeOn Toolkit provides a helpful search dialog. The search dialog is very easy to use. Just open the Search dialog by pressing Ctrl+h (or by clicking the flash light icon in the tool bar), then go to the OWL Search tab and type in the keyword you want to search for. Additionally, you can also select various check boxes to control the scope of elements to be searched.

 Editor Search

The result of your search is displayed in a special search panel. A double-click on a result opens the entry. For example, if you double-click on a search result of a class, the Entity Properties panel for this class will be displayed automatically.


Note – The search can also consider annotation values and data property values, not only entity names.
How to use the Search feature?

To use the search, proceed as follows:

  1. Start the search dialog.
    Press Ctrl+h to start the search dialog.
  2. Go to the OWL Search tab.
  3. Enter a keyword.
    Enter the keyword you want to search for in the text box.
  4. (Optional) Select case sensitivity.
    By default, the search is case insensitive.
  5. Specify search options.
    Select the check boxes to change the scope of elements to be searched.
  6. Click Search.
    The search results will be displayed in the Search panel.
    Double-click the entry to open the Entity Properties panel for the resource.

OWL Perpective Search