<p> A plugin for using the Alignment Server for computing and managing alignments between ontologies within NeOnToolkit.<br>
This plugin allows ontology users to match existing ontologies
<p> A plugin for using the Alignment Server for computing and managing alignments between ontologies within NeOnToolkit.</p>
<p>This plugin allows ontology users to match existing ontologies
i.e. computing alignments between them, retrieve existing
alignments, and store available alignments on the Alignment Server
for reusing and sharing.</p>
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Alignment plug-in embedds the Alignment API and can use the web
service interface to connect to any alignment server.</p>
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<h2class="titre">How to use the NeOn Alignment Plugin with the Alignment API</h2>
<h2>How to use the NeOn Alignment Plugin with the Alignment API</h2>
<h3>Get NeonToolkit</h3>
<p>A version of the NeonToolkit is available at <ahref=http://www.neon-toolkit.org/>http://www.neon-toolkit.org</a>.<br>
From this site, you download a zipped NeonToolkit file according to your Operating System (OS). After unzipping this file, a new directory is created, and within it you have a directory "plugins" and an executable file.<br>
For instance, if your OS is Linux, we have to download the zipped file "NeOnToolkit-1.0-extended-B723-Linux.zip".</p>
<p>A version of the NeonToolkit is available at <ahref=http://www.neon-toolkit.org/>http://www.neon-toolkit.org</a>.</p>
<p>From this site, you download a zipped NeonToolkit file according to your Operating System (OS). After unzipping this file, a new directory is created, and within it you have a directory "plugins" and an executable file.</p>
<p>For instance, if your OS is Linux, we have to download the zipped file "NeOnToolkit-1.0-extended-B723-Linux.zip".</p>
<h3>Get the NeOn Alignment Plugin </h3>
A version of NeOn Alignment Plugin is available at <ahref=http://gforge.inria.fr/projects/alignapi/>http://gforge.inria.fr/projects/alignapi/</a> . From this site you donwload the jar file "neonalign.jar" and put it in the "plugins" directory of the NeOnToolkit.
<p>A version of NeOn Alignment Plugin is available at <ahref=http://gforge.inria.fr/projects/alignapi/>http://gforge.inria.fr/projects/alignapi/</a> . From this site you donwload the jar file "neonalign.jar" and put it in the "plugins" directory of the NeOnToolkit.</p>
<h3>Run NeonToolkit with the plugin</h3>
To run NeonToolkit with the NeOn Alignment Plugin, you launch the NeOnToolkit with the executable file (e.g. under Linux, you run the "NeonToolKit.sh" script). You will see an interface screen like the following.<br><br>
<p>To activate the NeOn Alignment Plugin from the NeOnToolkit Menu, click on the "Align" menu or the button on Toolbar, a view "Alignment Server" for the plugin will be openned.
As a plugin integrated into NeonToolkit, the NeOn Alignment Plugin can access to data models implemented in NeonToolkit and manipulate them. More precisely, NeOn Alignment Plugin can get from Ontology Navigator in NeonToolkit the URIs of openned ontologies. Additionally, the NeOn Alignment Plugin is able to add an alignment as an OWL ontology to Ontology Navigator. This may provide a way to exploit and share alignments, which are computed by the NeOn Alignment Plugin, among different plugins in the NeonToolkit environment.
<p>To run NeonToolkit with the NeOn Alignment Plugin, you launch the NeOnToolkit with the executable file (e.g. under Linux, you run the "NeonToolKit.sh" script). You will see an interface screen like the following.</p>
<p>As a plugin integrated into NeonToolkit, the NeOn Alignment Plugin can access to data models implemented in NeonToolkit and manipulate them. More precisely, NeOn Alignment Plugin can get from Ontology Navigator in NeonToolkit the URIs of openned ontologies. Additionally, the NeOn Alignment Plugin is able to add an alignment as an OWL ontology to Ontology Navigator. This may provide a way to exploit and share alignments, which are computed by the NeOn Alignment Plugin, among different plugins in the NeonToolkit environment.</p>
<p>NeOn Alignment Plugin can work in two modes : offline and online. Roughly speaking, the offline mode allows users to reach main functionalities of the Alignment Server without connection to the server while the online mode offers additionally mecanisms to store and reuse alignments.</p>
<p>NeOn Alignment Plugin can work in two modes : offline and online. Roughly speaking, the offline mode allows users to reach main functionalities of the Alignment Server without connection to the server while the online mode offers additionally mecanisms to store and reuse alignments.<br>
<h4>Offline mode</h4>
In the offline mode which is activated by clicking on button "Offline", the NeOn Alignment Plugin can access to NeOnToolkit ontologies (i.e. openned ontologies in Ontology Navigator) and match any pair of them. Resulting alignments can be stored as local system files and imported to Ontology Navigator as OWL ontologies.
<h3>Offline mode</h3>
<p>In the offline mode which is activated by clicking on button "Offline", the NeOn Alignment Plugin can access to NeOnToolkit ontologies (i.e. openned ontologies in Ontology Navigator) and match any pair of them. Resulting alignments can be stored as local system files and imported to Ontology Navigator as OWL ontologies.</p>
<h4>Online mode</h4>
In the online mode which is activated by clicking on button "Online", the NeOn Alignment Plugin provides all functions from the Alignment Server. Resulting alignments are stored on the server and exported to Ontology Navigator as OWL ontologies. This allows NeOnTookit users, with help of the Ontology Editor, to use, share or edit alignments. <br><br>
<h4>Usage of the NeOn Alignment Plugin</h4>
In the sequel, we will show how to connect to the INRIA's Alignment Server from the plugin and to work with it.<br>
<h5>Connection</h5>
To connect to the INRIA's Alignment Server from the NeOn Alignment Plugin, you have to type "aserv.inrialpes.fr" for hostname and "80" for port.<br>
<h5>Preparing parameters</h5>
After connecting to the server, a list of available alignment methods is visible.<br><br>
Button "Refresh" allows users to fetch all openned ontologies in all projects in the NeOnToolkit environment.<br><br>
Found ontologies appear in the two lists of ontologies.<br><br>
Choose two ontologies and a matching method from the lists and match them by clicking on "Match".
<h3>Online mode</h3>
<p>In the online mode which is activated by clicking on button "Online", the NeOn Alignment Plugin provides all functions from the Alignment Server. Resulting alignments are stored on the server and exported to Ontology Navigator as OWL ontologies. This allows NeOnTookit users, with help of the Ontology Editor, to use, share or edit alignments.</p>
<h3>Usage of the NeOn Alignment Plugin</h3>
<p>In the sequel, we will show how to connect to the INRIA's Alignment
Server from the plugin and to work with it.
<dl>
<dt>Connection</dt>
<dd>To connect to the INRIA's Alignment Server from the NeOn Alignment Plugin, you have to type "aserv.inrialpes.fr" for hostname and "80" for port.</dd>
<dt>Preparing parameters</dt>
<dd>After connecting to the server, a list of available alignment methods is visible.
The "Refresh" button allows users to fetch all openned ontologies in all
projects in the NeOnToolkit environment.
Found ontologies appear in the two lists of ontologies.<br/>
