Installation instructions

Install Protégé 4.0

Protégé is an ontology editor. GLOW runs as a plug-in for Protégé. Only Protégé 4.0.x is supported at this point.

Download a Protégé 4.0.x installer and install it on your system:

• Protégé download site

Install JOGL 2.0

JOGL is a library that allows Java programs to use advanced OpenGL graphics capabilities. The newest version is currently still in development, but should be stable for general use.

Since there are no easy installers yet, we provide installers for Windows here:

• JOGL 2.0b10 for Windows 32 bit
• JOGL 2.0b10 for Windows 64 bit

The architecture (32 bit or 64 bit) should match the Java JVM you are using for Protégé.

After installation of the libraries, reboot your system.

For other platforms, choose one of the JOGL downloads.

Install GLOW

Download and run the GLOW installer:

• GLOW for Windows

For other platforms, see the latest snapshot and place the JAR files in Protégé's plugins directory.

Open GLOW in Protégé

You should now be able to run the GLOW plug-in from Protégé.

• Start Protégé.
• Open an ontology of your choice.
• Go to the Classes tab.
• Go to the View | Class menu and choose GLOW Visualization.
• Choose a position for the visualization.