User interface

Navigation bar

The application title or logo in the top-left always links to the root container of the current application.

Search box lets users search for resources within the current application that have the specified keyword in their titles, descriptions etc. Results are shown in a dropdown list.

Application's SPARQL endpoint is accessible on the right. It offers a query editor and a result view. Learn more about query possibilities in the Query data section.

Current application can be switched using a dropdown on the right. Different users have access to different applications, depending on their authorizations.

Action bar

The Create button invokes create dialog through which resources can be created as instances of the classes defined in the model.

The path leading from the current document up the parent/child hierarchy to the root container is shown in the breadcrumb bar, where the current document is always the last breadcrumb. The user can always open any of the ascendant containers by clicking breadcrumbs left from the current one. The icon shows the type of the current document (container or item). A label is displayed when the URL currently being browsed is external.

The breadcrumb bar also provides a dropdown with shortcuts to system containers:

Latest

A container with the latest resources in the application's dataset by creation/modification date

Files

A container for file uploads

Imports

A container for data imports

Queries

A container for end-user SPARQL queries (including vocabulary mappings)

Geo

A container with all resources in the application's dataset that have geographic coordinates

Charts

A container with charts that visualize SPARQL query results

Further to the right, the action bar displays buttons for performing actions on the current document.

Last but not least, the settings button provides a link to the administration application.

Document tree

Document tree shows the document hierarchy of the dataspace. By clicking on a container, it expands to show its children.

In a desktop layout mode, the document tree folds out when the mouse is moved to the left edge of the screen. In a responsive layout, it is always shown.

Layout modes

A list of possible layout modes is displayed, and can be switched using, the mode dropdown in the action bar. Containers and items are available in different modes.

Container (page) layout modes:

Content

List of content blocks. Shown only if the document has items in its content list or there is a content template defined for its type.

Properties

The most detailed view showing every property/value of children resources.

List

List of children resources with titles and descriptions.

Table

Table with children resources as rows, properties as columns, and values as cells

Grid

A grid of children resources with titles, descriptions, and depiction thumbnails, if any.

Map

Shows all topic resources of the children of the current container that have coordinates

Graph

Displays the current document and related resources graphically as nodes in a network using force-directed layout.

Item layout modes:

Content

List of content blocks. Shown only if the document has items in its content list or there is a content template defined for its type.

Properties

The most detailed view showing every property/value of the current document and its topic resource, if any.

Map

Shows all topic resources of the children of the current container that have coordinates.

If the topic of current document is on the map, its description will be displayed in an info window.

Graph

Displays the current document and related resources graphically as nodes in a network using force-directed layout.

Pagination

Pagination is only available for container resources. / pager buttons, located above and below the main content, link to the page before the current one and after the current one, respectively.

Main content

The main content section is located in the center of the screen. Its contents depend on the current document and the current layout mode. Layout modes can be switched in the action bar.

For containers, its children resources (normally a page of them) are shown. The default layout is list.

For items, its XHTML content and properties/values of its topic resource (if any) are shown. The default layout is properties.

Left navigation

It depends on the type of the content block. For containers, a faceted search that filters its children using combinations of subclass types can also be shown.

Right navigation

It depends on the type of the content block. For containers, a list of parallax navigation properties is show.

Create/Edit dialog

Resources are created and updated using the same form-based dialog. The form can display either a document alone, or a document paired with its topic resource. Each resource is displayed in a separate fieldset; fieldsets are nested for related resources.

Properties are listed inside fieldsets and their values shown as user inputs. When creating or updating a resource which type is a class defined in the model, resource properties are specified by the class constructor.

Values of object properties are displayed as typeahead input allowing users to type keywords and select matching resources from a dropdown list. The list is filtered by resource type specified in the constructor. Typeahead inputs also allow absolute URI values.

Mandatory properties are those for which there exists a constraint on a class that is being created or edited. Mandatory properties do not have a remove button. New property with a value can be added using the property dropdown (at the bottom of fieldset).

If any of the resources are invalid (because of URI syntax errors or constraint violations) when attempting to save the data, you will see error messages and highlighted inputs for the properties which have invalid values. Resource creation or update cannot be performed until these errors are fixed.