Strixonomy feature tour (current: v0.27)¶

A visual and structural overview of the Strixonomy VS Code IDE. For hands-on setup, start with First success (~10 min).

Capability truth: What ships today · Known limitations · What's new in v0.26.

Activity bar and explorer¶

The Strixonomy activity bar hosts five tree views:

Typical flow: expand Classes → click an entity name → Entity Inspector opens on the right. With Inspector and Graph panels open, the same entity stays in sync (focus relay).

Protégé-style shell (menus, perspectives, layout)¶

v0.17+ adds a Protégé-inspired command surface without leaving VS Code:

Guide: VS Code extension · What's new in v0.17

Entity Inspector (React)¶

The inspector shows IRI, kind, labels, comments, parents, children, and axioms. For .ttl and .obo files, the Edit section supports labels, parents, delete, and Manchester axioms.

Guide: Inspector · Authoring

Query Workbench (React)¶

Command Palette → Strixonomy: Open Query Workbench

• Catalog SQL (subset) — virtual tables (classes, properties, diagnostics, …). Not full SQL — no JOIN / ORDER BY / LIMIT. Prefer SPARQL for graph patterns.
• SPARQL mode — graph patterns over indexed triples
• DL mode — Manchester class expressions (Instances / Subclasses / Superclasses / Equivalents); shipped v0.24+ — DL Query honesty
• Schema browser — browse tables/columns; insert names into the editor
• Export results to CSV or JSON; history and saved queries; Open as graph for result visualization (v0.26)

Guide: Query Workbench · SQL reference · DL Query

Manchester editor (React)¶

Opened from the inspector or Command Palette for complex SubClassOf, EquivalentClasses, and DisjointClasses axioms. Validates Manchester syntax, previews Turtle, then applies to the .ttl file.

Guide: Manchester editor

Graph panels (React)¶

Click nodes to jump back to the Entity Inspector. Use filters, search dimming, keyboard nav, and Graph|List alternate. Export graph JSON/CSV from the sidebar; Expand refreshes depth for large neighborhoods.

Guide: Graph view

Reasoner and explanation¶

Reasoner actions (v0.18): distinct Start, Synchronize, Classify, and Consistency commands. Stop cancels the in-flight client LSP request (late server results are ignored). Explanations show a stale badge when the catalog fingerprint changes while the panel stays open.

After classification, use Set Hierarchy Mode (asserted / inferred / combined) to update the Classes tree.

Guide: Reasoner · What's new in v0.18

Refactor preview and semantic diff (React)¶

Guides: Refactoring · Semantic diff

Manage Imports¶

Right-click a .ttl file in Ontologies → Manage Imports to add or remove owl:imports declarations with preview and apply.

Guide: Manage Imports

Plugins and preferences¶

Installed workspace plugins can contribute inspector cards, UI views, preferences, and context actions (Plugin SDK 1.0). Open plugin views from the Command Palette; preferences appear in the Strixonomy preferences hub. Provider pickers cover reasoner / query / refactor / graph actions.

Guide: Plugins · Plugin policy

Turtle semantic highlighting and diagnostics¶

In .ttl and .obo editors:

• Semantic tokens — namespaces, IRIs, keywords, comments
• Configurable diagnostics — .strixonomy/diagnostics.toml or strixonomy.diagnostics.rules

Turtle completion and quick fixes¶

In .ttl editors:

• Completion on :, <, @ — prefixes, QNames, catalog IRIs
• Quick fixes (lightbulb) for undefined prefix, missing label, and broken import diagnostics

Guide: Authoring · LSP API

Editor integration¶

Open any supported ontology file (.ttl, .owl, .obo, …) for hover, go to definition, outline, workspace symbols, and Problems-panel diagnostics.

Settings worth knowing¶

Full list: Install VS Code

Next steps¶