AUTO Viewer

Access both the AUTO structure and its content in the easiest possible way.

Search configuration

How to use AUTO Viewer

To start using AUTO Viewer, search for interesting concepts by walking through the AUTO directory structure on the left-hand side or use the full-text search function.

AUTO structure

AUTO is a set of ontologies. It is organized in a hierarchical directory structure.

Top-level directories are called domains; beneath that may be one or two levels of sub-domain and then modules and dozens of ontologies at the bottom level.

AUTO maturity levels

Each AUTO ontology has one of three levels of maturity.

Release

Release ontologies are ones that are considered to be stable and mature from a development perspective.

Provisional

Provisional ontologies are ones that are considered to be under development.

Informative

Provisional ontologies are ones that are considered deprecated but included for informational purposes because they are referenced by some provisional concept.

Colours

AUTO Viewer uses colours to indicate the status of an ontology. Each ontology is either green or yellow.

color green

The green square icon indicates that an ontology has a "release" maturity level. Domains or modules are green if they contain only green ontologies.

color yellow

Yellow square icon means that it's provisional. Domains or modules are yellow if they contain only yellow ontologies.

color orange

Orange circle icon means that it's informative. Domains or modules are orange if they contain only orange ontologies.

color mixed

Mixed, green-yellow-orange icon means domains or modules include both green, yellow and orange ontologies.

About AUTO Viewer

AUTO Viewer is a JAVA application that is specifically designed to access both the AUTO structure and its content in the easiest possible way. It can serve both as a web application and REST API. AUTO Viewer is an open-source project that EDM Council hosts. See https://github.com/edmcouncil/onto-viewer for details.