# open-ontologies
Create and validate RDF/OWL ontologies, query graphs with SPARQL, and inspect proposed changes. Useful when you need to review an ontology update before applying it.
- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 1329
- Author: fabio-rovai
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/fabio-rovai/open-ontologies
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/open-ontologies
## What it does
This plugin brings tools for RDF/OWL work: build ontologies, check them with SHACL, run SPARQL queries, and use OWL-RL reasoning. Data ingestion covers CSV, JSON, XML, XLSX, and Parquet; clinical terminology crosswalks include ICD-10, SNOMED CT, and MeSH. Its Oxigraph triple store keeps data in memory.
A change workflow lets you plan an update, inspect its effects, apply it, and monitor for drift. The resulting certificate can be checked by someone else without a network connection or an installation of the software. The Rust engine ships as a single binary with no runtime dependencies. The store is in-memory, so persistent data storage needs to be handled separately.
## Install
### Claude Code (native platform)
**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install open-ontologies@claude-community
```
## When to use it
- turn spreadsheet data into an RDF/OWL ontology
- check ontology data against SHACL constraints
- query a knowledge graph with SPARQL
- inspect the effects of an ontology change before applying it
- map clinical terms to ICD-10 or SNOMED CT
## Example prompts
- Build an RDF ontology from `catalog.csv` and show which records entered the graph.
- Check this ontology against SHACL and explain any violations.
- Compare `proposed.ttl` with `base.ttl` and assess the change before applying it.
## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT
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Open Ontologies
Plan a change to a production ontology. See every consequence before you apply it.
Then give the reviewer a proof that they can check without trust in you.
Open Ontologies is written in Rust. It ships as one binary.
Put in one spreadsheet. Get one ontology, with the evidence for each line. Then change one
cell, and see the shape find the error. The page runs the released binary.
426 asserted, 259 certified, 1 rejected. The engine derived the green edges. A Lean 4
checker then proved them. One certificate holds all 259, and one run of the checker accepts it.
The red edge is a forged line. The same checker refused that line, gave exit 1, and named the rule.
The run supplies each count. Nobody writes a count into the caption.
