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Create a Custom Scheme

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Create a Custom Scheme

This section contains a short guide on how to create a custom scheme in PoolParty.

You can use custom schemes to extend concept schemes and concepts of your thesauri or use them in other applications.

  1. Open the Ontology Management by clicking its icon in the toolbar.

  2. On the left in the Hierarchy Tree, activate the Custom Schemes node.

  3. In the Details View on the right, click New Custom Scheme.

    Alternatively you can double click the Custom Schemesnode or select Create Scheme from the context menu.

  4. The New Custom Scheme dialogue opens in the Metadata tab. Enter the details, the Title and an optional description for your ontology.

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  5. Optional in the Languages tab, select one or more languages for the scheme (Default: 'No Language').

  6. The User Groups tab lets you assign user groups to the new custom scheme. Details find here: Edit User Groups

  7. Optional in the Advanced tab you can define URI pattern used for your custom scheme. Details find in this topic: Define the URI Pattern for a Custom Ontology or Custom Scheme

    • Base URI: this will already be filled with the setting defined for custom schemes in The poolparty.properties File, but you can change it to a Base URI of your choice.

    • Ontology Identifier: this will already be filled with the title of the scheme you chose, which will be used without spaces as part of the URI.

    • Resource Separator: the radio buttons for the type of separator you want to be used in the URIs based on this scheme (Default: Slash).

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  8. Click Save to confirm your changes.

Once the scheme has been created you can:

In this section: