bfobuddy

A simple command line tool for bootstrapping ontology development with BFO.

Bare minimum command line script for quickly building a BFO-based taxonomy. This script is a proof-of-concept; more functionality to come.

Made because Protege is an awful platform and should be used as little as possible. BFO is the basis of extension for representing anything in reality.

Use

Download bfobuddy.py, then call it in command window like:

python bfobuddy.py [input file location]

Example file input.txt provided.

• Interact by typing the number of the class you want to extend (e.g., 0)
• Type the number twice to assert it as a sibling class (e.g., 00), in cases where you do not want to go further down BFO's taxonomy (e.g., for the commonly-extended class Process)
• Once you iterate through all your classes, a file out.ttl is put into the same directory.

Requirements

• Python 3
• First line of input file must be your intended IRI (e.g., http://test.org/test/) (do not forget your IRI end delimiter (/ or #))
• Second line of input file must be your intended prefix (e.g., testo)
• All other lines in file are class names you want to represent in BFO. Ensure these words only use letters and numbers.

Limitations

• Cannot currently extend classes you create, only BFO classes. This script is a prototype and will be made better in the future.