About the Fact Entry Table

This Fact Entry table consists of two components, the upper table contains a lists of fact-type : name pairs, whilst the lower table lists the attributes of the entry selected in the upper table.

Naturally, before a fact can be inserted into the table it must have been defined as part of the application ontology. Then to enter a new fact click on the button, this opens a window showing the fact hierarchy of the project ontology from which the appropriate fact can be chosen.

Following this the fact will appear as a new entry in the upper table, the Fact Type field can not be changed, but the Instance field can be edited to enter a more appropriate name. Note that the @ character prefix indicates that the fact is an individual instance, (and not any instance, which would be prefixed by a ? character). The fact's attributes can then be individualised by editing the Value cells of the lower table.

Note: Faster editing of Value fields is possible by right-clicking the field during editing, this opens a window showing the ontology's fact/attribute hierarchy, allowing specific facts and attributes to be clicked on rather than typed in.