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Getting Fancy

Alternative ways to Manipulate Terms, Terminologies and their Builders

There is more than one way to build a terminology.

OM::XML::Terminology::Builder":OM/XML/Terminology/Builder.html Block Syntax

The simplest way to create an OM Terminology is to use the OM::XML::Terminology::Builder" block syntax.

In the following examples, we will show different ways of building this Terminology:

  builder = OM::XML::Terminology::Builder.new do |t|
    t.root(:path=>"grants", :xmlns=>"http://yourmediashelf.com/schemas/hydra-dataset/v0", :schema=>"http://example.org/schemas/grants-v1.xsd")
    t.grant {
      t.org(:path=>"organization", :attributes=>{:type=>"funder"}) {
        t.name(:index_as=>:searchable)
      }
      t.number
    }
  end
  another_terminology = builder.build

Using OM::XML::Term ::Builders

First, create the Terminology Builder object:

  terminology_builder = OM::XML::Terminology::Builder.new

The .root method handles creating the root term and setting namespaces, schema, etc. on the Terminology:

  terminology_builder.root(:path=>"grants", :xmlns=>"http://yourmediashelf.com/schemas/hydra-dataset/v0", :schema=>"http://example.org/schemas/grants-v1.xsd")

This sets the namespaces for you and created the “grants” root term:

  terminology_builder.namespaces
   => {"oxns"=>"http://yourmediashelf.com/schemas/hydra-dataset/v0", "xmlns"=>"http://yourmediashelf.com/schemas/hydra-dataset/v0"}
  terminology_builder.term_builders

Create Term Builders for each of the Terms:

  term1_builder = OM::XML::Term::Builder.new("grant", terminology_builder).path("grant")
  subterm1_builder = OM::XML::Term::Builder.new("org", terminology_builder).attributes(:type=>"funder")
  subsubterm_builder = OM::XML::Term::Builder.new("name", terminology_builder).index_as(:searchable)
  subterm2_builder = OM::XML::Term::Builder.new("number", terminology_builder)

Assemble the tree of Term builders by adding child builders to their parents; then add the top level terms to the root term in the Terminology builder:

  subterm1_builder.add_child(subsubterm_builder)
  term1_builder.add_child(subterm1_builder)
  term1_builder.add_child(subterm2_builder)
  terminology_builder.term_builders["grant"] = term1_builder

Now build the Terminology, which will also call .build on each of the Term Builders in the tree:

  built_terminology = terminology_builder.build

Test it out:

  built_terminology.retrieve_term(:grant, :org, :name)
  built_terminology.xpath_for(:grant, :org, :name)
  built_terminology.root_terms
  built_terminology.terms.keys  # This will only return the Terms at the root of the terminology hierarchy
  built_terminology.retrieve_term(:grant).children.keys

Creating Terms & Terminologies without any Builders

If you want to manipulate Terms and Terminologies directly rather than using the Builder classes, you can consume their APIs at any time.

People don’t often do this, but the option is there if you need it.

Create the Terminology, set its namespaces & (optional) schema:
(Note that you have to set the :oxns namespaces to match :xmlns. This is usually done for you by the Terminology::Builder.root method.)

  handcrafted_terminology = OM::XML::Terminology.new
  handcrafted_terminology.namespaces[:xmlns] = "http://yourmediashelf.com/schemas/hydra-dataset/v0"
  handcrafted_terminology.namespaces[:oxns] = "http://yourmediashelf.com/schemas/hydra-dataset/v0"
  handcrafted_terminology.schema = "http://example.org/schemas/grants-v1.xsd"

Create the Terms:

  # Create term1 (the root) and set it as the root term
  root_term = OM::XML::Term.new("grants")
  root_term.is_root_term = true

  # Create term1 (grant) and its subterms
  term1 = OM::XML::Term.new("grant")

  subterm1 = OM::XML::Term.new("org")
  subterm1.path = "organization"
  subterm1.attributes = {:type=>"funder"}

  subsubterm = OM::XML::Term.new("name")
  subsubterm.index_as = :searchable

  subterm2 = OM::XML::Term.new("number")

Assemble the tree of terms by adding child terms to their parents, then add those to the Terminology.

  subterm1.add_child(subsubterm)
  term1.add_child(subterm1)
  term1.add_child(subterm2)
  handcrafted_terminology.add_term(root_term)
  handcrafted_terminology.add_term(term1)

Generate the xpath queries for each term. This is usually done for you by the Term Builder.build method:

  [root_term, term1, subterm1, subsubterm, subterm2].each {|t| t.generate_xpath_queries!}

Test it out:

  handcrafted_terminology.retrieve_term(:grant, :org, :name)
  handcrafted_terminology.xpath_for(:grant, :org, :name)
  handcrafted_terminology.root_terms
  handcrafted_terminology.terms.keys  # This will only return the Terms at the root of the terminology hierarchy
  handcrafted_terminology.retrieve_term(:grant).children.keys