classDiagram doesn't allow colons in class names

[init-dcat-ap-de]

I'm trying to use mermaid for creating an class diagram in a semantic web context. There, colons are needed for prefixes:

classDiagram
    class dcat:Dataset {
        <<mandatory>>
    }

Also an issue for @persidskiy , see #1266 (comment)

[asdf8601]

@init-dcat-ap-de and @persidskiy, Did you find any workaround for this ?

[init-dcat-ap-de]

@mmngreco
Unfortunately yes: Switching to PlantUML.

[jgreywolf]

I will focus on this issue and see if I can make it work

[jgreywolf]

@mmngreco This issue should be resolved after #1877 PR has been merged...

[aharth]

Would be nice to be able to use colons in relationship labels too.

Backticks on relationship labels do not seem to work on mermaid.live.

I would like to use the CURIE rdf:type (instead of type):

classDiagram
  `rdfs:Resource` --> `rdfs:Class`:type

[jgreywolf]

@aharth the code that you provided works in mermaid live as of 03/17/2023 - I am not sure when this changed, but it is possible to use : in names for classes as well as relationships

[aharth]

@jgreywolf, do you have an example for using : in relationships?

The following does not work for me on mermaid live:

classDiagram
  `rdfs:Resource` --> `rdfs:Class`:`rdf:type`

[jgreywolf]

Do you mean like this?
Live Editor

[aharth]

I would need colons also in the labels of the edges.

E.g., Con:tains.

[aharth]

So the issue is actually not resolved.

[mProjectsCode]

I am facing the same issue. It would be nice if we were able to define strings delimited by '`' for labels too. This would allow the usage of : in the label.

[andrawaag]

I found a workaround using "#58", e.g., dc#58;isPartOf for dc:isPartOf. It is suboptimal, but it works.