Show prefix in Explorer

Stardog Explorer
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Hi everyone!

Is there a way to show the prefix of entities in Explorer?

If I declare one:Person and another:Person, they both show as "Person".

This makes exploring confusing.

Thanks!

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Labels are typically recommended to help identify instances in an end-user friendly way.

For instance, one:Person might have the label Daniel, and another:Person could have the label Dan.

You can also copy the IRI to see the full IRI of an instance by right-clicking an instance and selecting Copy IRI.

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Hi @Laura_Firey!

Right! But what if I need both Classes or Instances to be named or labeled the same?

E.g. I have a "foaf:Person" and a "schema:Person" and I have "my:Person" as a rdfs:subClassOf both.

Is there a way to visually know the prefix of each Person class?

This is fundamental in our multi-level schema.

Thanks!

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Explorer shows types so if the classes or instances are different type, they would be identifiable by their label and type.

We have typically seen labels as a recommended solution to denote end-user identifiers.

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Hi @Laura_Firey!

And if foaf:Person and schema:Person are both owl:Class?

How could I know which one is which?

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You can copy the IRI to see the full IRI of an instance by right-clicking an instance and selecting Copy IRI. Doing so would allow you to verify which Designer class color went with which class. So the class and instances of foaf:Person might be shown in red and the class and instances of schema:Person might be shown in yellow.

Labels are typically recommended to help identify instances in an end-user-friendly way, which would provide a clearer solution.

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Hi @Laura_Firey!

And if I have 20 classes labeled “Person” would I need to right click, copy the URI and paste it somewhere 20 times to know which is which, each time I want to know?

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Can you help me understand the use case? Why are all the classes labeled "Person"?

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If we are mapping different classes Person from different vocabularies, and our data is mapped to some, but not all.

:A a foaf:Person .
:B a schema:Person .

They both might have the same label. And although the Explorer does differentiate them by color, and I can get their URIs by right-click and copying, an immediate and clear differentiation of provenance is needed.

Thanks @Laura_Firey