iKnow Dictionary Builder

This demo application is meant to illustrate data-driven modelling, how you can use iKnow to build or refine a dictionary / taxonomy, demonstrating how our bottom-up approach complements top-down knowledge. It features a simple drag-and-drop GUI in which you can explore the entities in your domain (top/similar entities) and select the ones you wish to assign to your dictionaries (or blacklist).

For a more detailed article on this demo, check this page on the InterSystems Developer Community: https://community.intersystems.com/post/iknow-demo-apps-part-3-dictionary-builder-demo

Installation notes

• Import associated code
• Create a REST handler web application by invoking Demo.DictionaryBuilder.Utils:CreateRestWebApp() in your namespace of choice
• Access the application through http://localhost:_port_/csp/_namespace_/DictionaryBuilder.csp?_123_ where 123 is the ID of the domain in which you wish to work

Other notes

• If you’re working with a domain that’s being managed by a domain definition, take note of the following
  • You can only modify your dictionary contents if the allowCustomUpdates attribute of your element is set to true
  • By default, rebuilding a domain will wipe its dictionaries and recreate them based on the contents of the element. To preserve your work in the DictionaryBuilder GUI, make sure to set its dropBeforeBuild attribute to false

TODO

• add reload / reset button
• nicen async re-matching as part of RestHandler:UpdateDictionaries() (currently just jobs this off, with no response to the client when it’s done)