[protege-discussion] Problem with removal of an included project

[Tania Tudorache]

Hi Richard,

Thank you for the detailed bug report. I could fix the problem. The fix 
will be available in the next beta build.

Cheers,
Tania


Richard Dunlap wrote:
> We've found a problem that occurs when removing an included project from 
> another project where the included project provided base classes from 
> which the master classes build derived classes.  I'll say up front that 
> I'm in general happy with the way Protege handles this situation... 
> except in this case. :-)
>
> Open up a new project.  Build a subclass of :STANDARD-SLOT called 
> :CUSTOM-SLOT, and add to :CUSTOM-SLOT a new slot called 
> :SLOT-CUSTOM-VALUE.  Give it single cardinality and make it of type String.
>
> Build a new subclass of :THING called Class.  Add a slot to it called 
> classSlot, move to the Slots Tab, and change the slot metaclass to 
> :CUSTOM-SLOT. (In the actual case from which this bug report is derived, 
> this happens without the Slots Tab via a custom widget on a 
> :DIRECT-TEMPLATE-SLOTS subslot.) Go back to Class, open up the top-level 
> slot view of the slot, and enter a value of "baseValue" for 
> :SLOT-CUSTOM-VALUE.
>
> Save this project as baseProject.
>
> Open up a new project.  Save it as derivedProject, and then add 
> baseProject as an included project.  Class will now be available; add a 
> subclass called DerivedClass.  If at this point, baseProject is removed 
> from the list of included projects, Protege will reload derivedProject 
> with readily understandable errors related to the non-existence of Class 
> and place both Class and DerivedClass under an :UNDEFINED superclass. 
> Hard to see a better solution.
>
> Here's the problem.  Open up the "at class" view of classSlot in 
> DerivedClass, and change the value of :SLOT-CUSTOM-VALUE to 
> "derivedValue".  Save the project and remove baseProject.  This time, 
> the errors are parse errors from the .pont file; even more disturbingly, 
> while DerivedClass is loaded, it does not show up on the Classes Tab (it 
> and Class both show up as instances of :STANDARD-CLASS on the Instances 
> Tab.)  What I'd expect is the same resolution as in the previous 
> paragraph, except that the slot override of the custom value in the 
> custom slot would be irretrievably lost (unfortunate, but forced).
>
> As one would expect, the situation does not change if the :CUSTOM-SLOT 
> definition is placed in its own project included by both baseProject and 
> derivedProject.
>
> Thanks for any help possible in advance!
>
> -- Richard Dunlap
>     Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc.
>
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