Vocabulary Explorer After you sign into the ConceptChoir system, the system will open the ConceptChoir Vocabulary Explorer (VE), the main window of ConceptChoir. VE is composed of five areas: the Tree Display Area (TDA), Tool Bar Area (TBA), Concept Search Area (CSA), Web Search Area (WSA), and Node Detail Area (NDA) as shown in Figure 1. The TDA displays the concepts in the selected hierarchy in a tree structure, much like Microsoft Windows products. The TBA contains command buttons you can use to manipulate the hierarchy in the TDA, the WSD allows you to search selected concepts in the TDA against the Internet using popular search engines, and the NDA shows the detailed information of the highlighted concept in the TDA. Figure 1. Vocabulary Explorer 1. Tree Display Area ConceptChoir's Tree Display Area (TDA) adapts a new design. As you would notice from the diagrams followed, you can separate the Tree Display Area into two parts. The top part is the Heading Area, and the bottom part is the Display Area. ConceptChoir merges all your vocabularies into a single Root node for easy navigations through vocabularies, facets, and hierarchies. click the sign in front of the Root node to list your vocabularies in the Display Area at any time during your navigation. (See Figure below) Click the sign in front of the vocabulary node, denoted with symbol would promote the chosen vocabulary node to the Heading Area, and list the facets/hierarchies it contains in the Display Area. If Facets are defined to exist in the vocabulary, a list of facets will be displayed. Otherwise, a list of hierarchies will be displayed. Facet node will be noted by a symbol while Hierarchy node will be noted by a symbol. (See Figure below) Click the sign in front of a node in the Display Area will promote the selected node to the Heading Area, and list its children in the Display Area. If a chosen node is a facet node, the hierarchy list will be displayed similar to the above Figure. If a chosen node is a hierarchy node, the top concepts of the hierarchy will be displayed in the Display Area as the Figure below suggested. Tree Display Area (TDA) has two display mode, Tree Display View and Alphabetical Display View. The Hierarchical Display View, as shown in Figure 2, presents your data in a expandable/collapsible hierarchy tree format. When you sign in the ConceptChoir system, your last visited concept will be chosen to be the current selected concept. If this is your first visit to the ConceptChoir system, the vocabulary root will be your current concept. sign in front of a concept means there are children associated with the concept. You can click the sign to expand the concept to list all its children in the TDA. The sign will turn to sign after the operation. Clicking on the sign in front of a concept will instruct the TDA to hide all its children. To move a concept or a branch of concept to other nodes. you can simply highlight the concept, or a root concept of the branch that is going to be moved, and then drag and drop to the target location. Figure 2. Tree Display Area -- Tree Display View You can switch from a Tree Display View to Alphabetical Display View. To switch the display, simply click the button from the tool bar as shown in Figure 3, and the system will show the hierarchy in the Alphabetical Display View (Figure 4). Figure 3. Switch Display View Figure 4. Tree Display Area -- Alphabetical Display View Alphabetical Display View presents your vocabulary in a list format. When you are in the Alphabetical Display View, you can click the Alpha Index Letter to change the alphabet range in which the concepts are displayed. To switch back, click the button from the tool bar again. There are six possible symbols placed in front of the concepts with different meanings: - means the concept is still in process stage - mean the concept have been approved - means the concept is checked out by you - means the concept is checked out by others - means the concept has been approved and is checked out by you - means the concept has been approved and is checked out buy others 2. Node Detail Area When you click any node or concept in either a tree display or an alphabetical display of TDA, the detailed information for the concept will be displayed in the Node Detail Area (NDA) in a view-only mode. The NDA has two display mode, view-only mode (Figure 5) and edit mode (Figure 6). If you wish to add a new concept as the current selected concept's child, or too edit the detailed information of the current selected concept, click the corresponding buttons in the tool bar and NDA will be enabled for editing. Please see discussions on ConceptChoir Concept System to read more about Node Detail Area. Figure 5. Node Detail Area -- View Only Mode Figure 6. Node Detail Area -- Edit Mode 3. Tool Bar Area The Tool Bar Area (TBA) contains two sections: command button section (Figure 7)and operation link section (Figure 8). Figure 7. Tool Bar Area -- Command Button Section New button allows you to insert a new concept under the highlighted node. To add a new concept, highlight a concept of which the new concept will be a narrower concept, and click the Insert button. See the discussion of How to add concepts for the details of adding a concept and its references. Edit button allows you to edit the highlighted node. To edit an existing new concept, highlight the target concept and click the Edit button. See the discussion of How to edit concepts for the details of deleting a concept and its references. Delete button allows you to delete the highlighted node. To delete an existing concept, highlight the target concept and click the Delete button. See the discussion of How to delete concepts for the details of editing a concept and its references. Check Out button - allows you to check out the highlighted node so that no other uses can further modify it. To Check out a concept, highlight the target concept and click the Check Out button. See the discussion of How to use Concept Edit Lock system for the details of editing a concept and its references. Check In button - allows you to check in the previously checked out highlighted node so that other uses can further modify it. To check in a concept, highlight the target concept and click the Check In button. See the discussion of How to use Concept Edit Lock system for the details of editing a concept and its references. Advanced Search button allows you to search the current vocabulary. See the discussion of the Advanced Search for the details of searching in ConceptChoir. Global Search button allows you to perform a global search in all vocabularies. search. See the discussion of the Global Search for the details of global searching in ConceptChoir. Global Replace button allows you to perform a global replace in current vocabulary. search. See the discussion of the Global Replace for the details of global replacing in ConceptChoir. Expand button allows you to fully expand the highlighted node. To fully expand the highlighted node, simply click the Expand button and the system will display all its children in a hierarchical structure. Collapse button allows you to fully collapse the highlighted node. To fully collapse the highlighted node, simply click the Collapse button and the system will collapse all its children. Switch button allows you to switch the hierarchy view from a tree display view to an alphabetical display view, and vice versa. To switch the display, simply click the Switch button and the system will show the hierarchy in the alternative display. Adjust Narrower Concept Order button - allows you to adjust the children order of the highlighted node. To adjust a node's children order, highlight the targeted node and click the Adjust Narrower Concept Order button to open the Concept Children Order window to adjust the children order. Note that a node's Narrower Concepts Order Attribute must be "By User Specified Order" in order for the Adjust Narrower Concept Order button to function. Cut button - allows you to cut the highlighted node to ConceptChoir clipboard. To cut a concept to ConceptChoir clipboard, highlighted the target concept and click the Cut button. A scissor sign will appear in front of the concept after the operation. Paste button - allows you to paste the concept in ConceptChoir clipboard as children of the highlighted node. To paste concepts in ConceptChoir clipboard to a concept, highlight the target concept and click the Paste button. Add Concept Source button - allows you to add Concept Source to the highlighted nodes. To add concept source to a node, highlight the node and then click the Add Concept Source button to open the Add Concept Source Window. To add a common source for multiple concepts, first highlight those concepts, then click the Add Concept Source button. Undo button - allows you to undo your previous actions. To undo previous actions, click Undo button to open the Undo Manager to select which action performed need to be undo. Please read more at Undo System. Recycle button - allows you to undelete previously deleted concepts. To undelete concepts, click Recycle button to open the Concept Recycle Manager to select which concept deleted need to be restore. Please read more at Concepts Recycle. Merge Concepts button - allows you to merge highlighted nodes. To merge highlighted nodes, select multiple node by holding Ctrl key and mouse click, click Merge Concepts button to merge the selected nodes. Work Flow button group - allows you to utilize ConceptChoir Work Flow Manager to collaborate with other vocabulary developers. Please read discussion on Work Flow System for details. Personal Options button - allows you to open ConceptChoir Personal Options window as shown in Figure 7.1 and Figure 7.2 Figure 7.1 Personal Options -- General Figure 7.2 Personal Options -- Email In General Tab of Personal Options as shown in Figure 7.1, You can set your desired interface language, numbers of concept terms to list in one page of Hierarchy View and of Alphabetical View, whether to use tabbed panel for editor, or to show navigation bar. Please read more about tabbed Panel for editor in ConceptChoir Editor Interface. In Email Tab of Personal Options as shown in Figure 7.2, you need to setup your outgoing SMTP Server information. Email SMTP information must be setup properly for ConceptChoir email function to work. Consult your system administrator about how to setup SMTP. Top Level Option - allows you to set level of promotion on top terms. ConceptChoir's Top Level makes navigation through hierarchical display easier and faster. When user expand a node from hierarchical displayed tree, ConceptChoir will first check the hierarchical level of the concept. If the level of the concept is less or equal to the Top Level number, the node will be promoted to the Heading Area and only its narrower concepts are listed in the Display Area. Level 0 is the default value, meaning no promotion will occur when expanding top terms. Figure 7.3 shows the expanding results when no promotion allowed. Figure 7.4 shows the same expanding results but with Top Level set to "1". Note that the concept "Marsupial" with hierarchical level 1 was promoted to the header section with Top Level set to 1. Figure 7.3 Hierarchical Display after expanding "Marsupial" -- no promotion Figure 7.4 Hierarchical Display after expanding "Marsupial" -- Top Level 1 Vocabulary Language option - allows you to change the vocabulary language by using the dropdown menu. If a vocabulary has more than one supported language, you can simply switch the vocabulary language by selecting the corresponding language in the Vocabulary language dropdown menu. The update will take effect right away. It simplifies the language switching for multilingual vocabularies. Log off button - allows you to log off from ConceptChoir. Figure 8. Tool Bar Area -- Operation Link Section Lookup Table allows you to edit Lookup Table data of the vocabulary. Value List - allows you to edit Value List definitions of the vocabulary. Report - allows you to open Report Manager to generate ConceptChoir Reports. Please read ConceptChoir Reports for details. Import - allows you to open Import Manager to import data into ConceptChoir. Please read ConceptChoir Imports for details. Export - allows you to open Export Manager to export your vocabulary. Please read ConceptChoir Exports for details. Generate CN - allows you to generate class notations for the vocabulary. Please read Generate CN for details. Generate Website - allows you to open Website Generation Wizard to generate a static website presentation of your vocabularies. Please read Web Vocabulary Navigator for details. Log Viewer - allows you to open Log Manager to review all actions performed to the vocabulary. Please read Log System for details. ConceptChoir Manager - allows you to open ConceptChoir Manager to perform administrative operations. Please read ConceptChoir Manager Configuration for details. Help - allows you to open help menu for ConceptChoir. 4. Concept Search Area The Concept Search Area provides the users a easy way to find and jump to a concept. Figure 9. Concept Search Area Input the concept to search in the text box and click Search button. if the concept exists in current vocabulary, system will find the matching concept, and highlight the concept and display the concept's hierarchical position in the TDA. Concept Search supports all Boolean operators: "AND", "OR", "NOT" and wildcard "*". When searching with Boolean operators, Concept Search will recognize your searching query and return concepts that satisfy your demand. Search scope depends on current HT status, the top area of Tree view. When the user has drilled down into a hierarchy, The search scope is the current hierarchy, When they are multiple results, the results will be displayed in alphabetical view automatically. 5. Web Search Area The Web Search Area (WSA) contains a Website dropdown list, a Language dropdown list, and three check boxes for Broader Term, UF, and RT, and a Search button (Figure 10). Yahoo is the default search engine, but you can change the default setting using the lookup table utility. The default for the Language dropdown list is the current interface language, and as default, Broader Term, synonyms, and related terms are not included in the search. Figure 10. Web Search Area To search Internet, simply highlight a concept (or few concepts) from the tree display or alphabetical display, and click the Search button, if the default is what you want. The system will then send the appropriate URL to the specified search engine, resulting in a list of search results from your search in a browser window. If you want to use a different search engine from the default, click the Website dropdown list to select it. You can improve the search precision by combining broader terms with the selected concept by clicking BT check box. Also, click the UF and RT check boxes if you want the search to include the synonyms and related terms of the concept selected to improve the search recall. Use the Language dropdown menu to set search results desired language. If your favorite search engine is not in the list, you can add it using the Configure Web Search Engines utility provided in ConceptChoir Manager. See the discussion of how to configure web search engines for more details.
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