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How to Create a Thing
 Background: Thing/Node/Sequence/Element, Views, Tree Related: How to Create a Sequence, How to Delete a Thing In general, to create a thing and relate it as the next element of a sequence via the GUI, select a node and then issue command. To create a thing (ie john) via the tree: 1. Select the verb of a sequence (ie person\instance) as shown in figure 1. 2. Create thing (  ).A node appears as a child under person\instance with it's label in edit mode as shown in figure 2. Type a name for the new thing and press enter. Once a class {ie person} has at least one instance {ie john}, additional instances {ie mary} can also be created via the grid as shown in figure 3: 1. First select a sequence's verb {ie person\instance} in the tree. This causes the grid to be loaded appropriately. 2. In the grid's last record {*} click a white cell twice with a small delay between clicks. 3. In the combo box that appears in the cell, select an existing value or type in a new value and press enter. Alternatively, to create a thing and relate it as the next element of a sequence via the NLI, type the following expressions in the input box: 1. (new) 2. (set person instance (it)) 3. (set (it) name 'john) Click the submit button and a new thing appears as a child node under person\instance. Notes: Above methods of creating a thing and relating as the next element of a sequence can be used with any sequence {ie "earth continent africa", "john like mary", "john hate bob during school", etc}. |