# Modeling Tool(s)?

**URL:** <https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/modeling-tool-s/2528>\
**Category:** Users\
**Created:** [May 1, 2018, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/modeling-tool-s/2528 "2018-05-01T10:57:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![noboevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dec6dc/32.png) [@noboevbo](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/noboevbo)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/modeling-tool-s/2528/1 "2018-05-01T10:57:54Z")

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I want to get into DGraph for a new project and to get started with I would like to create a schema. Now I’m looking for a modeling tool, which fits in the graph / schema structure of DGraph. In older projects I worked with Protégé to model ontologies. I could use this again for modelling and transfer the content manually to a corresponding query but I wonder if there are other tools with direct support for DGraph. For example I would like to create all predicate target types, indexes, … in a graphical tool which supports export to a DGraph compatible schema query afterwards. Is there such a tool around? For me it’s just easier to keep the overview of my data model having a graphical view on all possible node types as well as how they are connected through predicates.

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**Author:** ![MichelDiz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/discuss.dgraph.io/micheldiz/32/11873_2.png) [@MichelDiz](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/MichelDiz)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/modeling-tool-s/2528/2 "2018-05-01T17:22:20Z")

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Hi,

You can tryout the Ratel UI.  
`docker run -it -p 8000:8000 dgraph/dgraph:latest dgraph-ratel`

With Ratel you can control the Schema (alter), visualize result of queries, make mutations. And you can look for a way to fit the RDF logic you have in these tools like Protégé into Dgraph support for RDF.

[https://www.w3.org/TR/n-quads/](https://www.w3.org/TR/n-quads/)

[https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#section-Datatypes](https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#section-Datatypes)

[https://docs.dgraph.io/mutations/#external-ids](https://docs.dgraph.io/mutations/#external-ids)

[https://docs.dgraph.io/mutations/#language-and-rdf-types](https://docs.dgraph.io/mutations/#language-and-rdf-types)

[https://docs.dgraph.io/query-language#rdf-types](https://docs.dgraph.io/query-language#rdf-types)

Cheers

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/uploads/dgraph/original/2X/2/2b38fdece2abe5814f2e51bee69d1e67fc304b0a.png) [@system](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/modeling-tool-s/2528/3 "2018-05-31T17:22:23Z")

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