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Concepts Tab

In the Concepts Tab, part of the Edito application, you can create, modify or delete concepts. Besides, concepts can be related each other or even create a new type of relation. Finally, in this tab you will be able to assign multimedia resources to a new concept easily.

Note that concepts must have a description in the same language as the user interface in order to be well shown in the concept tree.

Concept Panel

In this panel you can add, modify or delete concepts. According to the operation in course, field colour will change to green if the user is adding a new concept or it will change to yellow if it is in edition mode.

Add a new concept

Concept Popup Menu

Concepts can be added using the + button at the top side of the concept tree or choosing Add from the popup menu shown when the tree is right clicked with the mouse. With the panel in edition mode (field boxes in green) you must write a name for the concept in at least one of the available languages. The checkbox Relations can be checked so when the concept is saved, the default relations begins with, contains and ends with will be created too. You have to press the Save button to confirm the concept addition meanwhile to abort changes, Cancel button has to be pressed instead.

Modify a concept

To modify an existing concept, you have to select it from the concept tree in order to the modifications can be done inside the edition panel. Note that the panel automatically changes to edition mode (yellow colour) when you modify something. In the same way as when you add new concepts, you have to confirm your changes pressing the Save button or cancel them using the Cancel button.

Delete a concept

In order to delete an existing concept, you have to select it from the concept tree and press the X button at the top of the tree or to choose Delete from the popup menu shown when the tree is right clicked with the mouse. Finally, you have to confirm the deletion in the security dialogue shown. Note that this deletion includes to delete the concept relations of the concept and its multimedia resources assigned.

Concept - Resources Panel

Multimedia Resources Assigned

In the lower panel, titled Concept - Resources, you can view the multimedia resources assigned to the selected concept. To assign a new multimedia resource from the database to the selected concept, you have to firstly select it from the side panel which is shown using the + button placed in the lower panel and next, when you have selected the multimedia resource, you have to drag and drop it into the lower panel. Note that the side panel has several filters in order to help find the desired multimedia resource.

For deleting a multimedia resource assignation from a concept, it has to be selected in the Concept - Resources panel, press the Del key on the keyboard and finally confirm the security question that shows.

Relations between concepts

In order to improve the features of the project, concepts can be related each to other. Relations between concepts are managed from the upper right panel. There, you can relate concepts in the Relations tab or create new relation types, modify or delete the existing ones in the Relation types tab.

Relations Tab

In this tab, relations between concepts are managed.

Relations Tab

Add a new relation between concepts

To make a relation between concepts you have to select the source concept from the concept tree, then in Relations panel you have to choose the relation type and the target concept and finally, the relation will be created when the + button in this panel was pressed. Now, the concept panel is in edition mode (yellow colour) therefore you could add more relation or even make other changes to the concept before press the Save button in order to confirm all this changes, including the new relations. Of course, you can press the Cancel button to discard the changes at any time.

There is a more intuitive method to establish the is a relation. It consists in drag inside the concept tree the source concept and drop it over the target one, this will add a new relation between these concepts. Note that the relation is a is shown in the concept tree like a hierarchy of elements.

Delete a concept relation

To delete a concept relation you have to select it from the concept tree, then you have to select in the Relations panel the relation to be deleted and finally, you have to press the X button of this panel. In the same way as the previous case, the concept goes to edition mode so, to end the deletion process, you have to press on the Save button to confirm the changes or on the Cancel button to discard them.

Relation Types Tab

In this tab, relation types are managed.

Relation Types Tab

Add a new type of relation or Adding new relation types

To add a new relation type you have to select the Relation Types tab and then press on the + button in order to introduce the relation name in the chosen language. To confirm this operation you have to press on the Save button and to cancel, on the Cancel one.

Modify a relation type or Modifying relation types

To modify a relation type you have to select it in the Relation Types tab in order to make changes to its texts in the available languages. Again, using the Save button you confirm changes and cancel them with the Cancel button.

Delete a relation type or Deleting relation types

To delete a relation type, firstly yo have to select it from the Relation types tab and then you have to press the X button. Finally, you have to confirm the deletion in the dialogue shown for this object.