iKnow Dictionary Builder

This demo application is meant to illustrate data-driven modelling, how you can use iKnow to build or refine a dictionary / taxonomy, demonstrating how our bottom-up approach complements top-down knowledge. It features a simple drag-and-drop GUI in which you can explore the entities in your domain (top/similar entities) and select the ones you wish to assign to your dictionaries (or blacklist).

Installation notes

• Import associated code
• Create a REST handler web application by invoking Demo.DictionaryBuilder.Utils:CreateRestWebApp() in your namespace of choice
• Access the application through http://localhost:_port_/csp/_namespace_/DictionaryBuilder.csp?_123_ where 123 is the ID of the domain in which you wish to work

Other notes

• If you’re working with a domain that’s being managed by a domain definition, take note of the following
• You can only modify your dictionary contents if the allowCustomUpdates attribute of your <domain> element is set to true
• By default, rebuilding a domain will wipe its dictionaries and recreate them based on the contents of the <matching> element. To preserve your work in the DictionaryBuilder GUI, make sure to set its dropBeforeBuild attribute to false

TODO

• add reload / reset button
• nicen async re-matching as part of RestHandler:UpdateDictionaries() (currently just jobs this off, with no response to the client when it’s done)