ontol 2.10.2

A tool for parsing and visualizing ontology files written in the Ontol DSL

Ontol DSL Parser

Authors: Skvortsov Vladimir, Aptukov Mikhail, Markov Mikhail, Khamidullin Ilsaf, Afanasyev Andrew.

Ontol DSL Parser is a command-line tool for parsing and visualizing ontology files written in the Ontol DSL. It generates JSON representations and PlantUML diagrams from .ontol files.

Features

• Parse .ontol files to extract ontology structures.
• Serialize ontology to JSON format.
• Generate PlantUML diagrams from ontology.
• Automatically render PlantUML diagrams to PNG images.
• Watch files for changes and re-parse them automatically.
• Display version and help information.

Requirements

• Python 3.9 or higher
• Java (for local PlantUML rendering)
• PlantUML (for local rendering)

Installation

Install from PyPi:

pip install ontol

Usage

Parse a file

To parse an .ontol file and generate JSON and PlantUML files:

ontol path/to/yourfile.ontol

Watch Mode

To watch a file for changes and automatically re-parse it:

ontol path/to/yourfile.ontol --watch

Display Version

To display the version of the program:

ontol --version

Help

To display help information:

ontol --help

Tests

To display run tests:

pytest tests

Output

• JSON File: A JSON representation of the ontology is saved with the same basename as the .ontol file.
• PlantUML File: A .puml file is generated for visualization.
• PNG Image: A PNG image is rendered from the PlantUML file.