diff --git a/src/org/semanticweb/owl/align/Relation.java b/src/org/semanticweb/owl/align/Relation.java
index 2e9b66bb0bb4903a6716cd70c32bc9f9e4526bf5..fdfc860022663c6ba7338f1f5b742de0c88b83c3 100644
--- a/src/org/semanticweb/owl/align/Relation.java
+++ b/src/org/semanticweb/owl/align/Relation.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public interface Relation
     /** Creation **/
     public void accept( AlignmentVisitor visitor ) throws AlignmentException;
 
-    public String relString();
+    public String getRelation();
 
     public Relation inverse();
     public Relation compose( Relation r );