Initial Preparation

GitHub Login

Obtain a login at GitHub (https://github.com/) and send your login name so you can be added to the GO Organization (https://github.com/geneontology). This is our repository for ontology files and issue trackers.

Clone this repository

Visit https://github.com/geneontology/protege-tutorial

click “Clone or Download”

This will give you a URL you can use

git clone https://github.com/geneontology/protege-tutorial.git

These files will be under protege-tutorial on your drive.

Install Protege 5 for Ontology Development

Download and install the latest version of Protege (5.1) for ontology development.

http://protege.stanford.edu/products.php#desktop-protege

The exercises assume that you have the tutorial directory checked out from GitHub. If for some reason you’re unable to do this, you can download individual files from:

https://github.com/geneontology/protege-tutorial