Plugin Installation

Using auto-update (from build 104 onwards)

• Start P4. If P4 is set to check for updates on startup you will get a dialog pop up automatically.
• At any time during a session open preferences and select the plugins tab. You can check for updates or new plugins.
• elect any plugins you want installed. Once they have been downloaded you will be prompted that the plugins will be available on a restart

Manually (for plugins that have not enabled auto-update)

• Get the latest release of Protege 4.0
• Download and unzip plugins into the Protege plugins/ folder

Finding/using plugins

• Next time you start Protege, the plugin will be loaded (if you have a console open you will see a message about each plugin that has been found).
• Accessing the plugin depends on the type - many will be available as additional tabs in the Tabs menu or as views in the View menu. Each of our plugins gives details about where to find it.

View Plugins

• Clicking on a plugin in the Views menu puts the user in configure mode, allowing them to drop the view anywhere on the current tab.
• Views can be stacked, floated, cloned and removed to make up your own interface (see protege wiki for instructions).

Updating plugins

• One more nice feature of the framework is that most plugins you have installed will tell you when an update is available from the web

(see protege wiki).