.. _auto_ontology_cleanup:

*ONTOLOGY CLEANUP*
==================

Drops all ARC2 MySQL tables associated with a named ontology store, effectively resetting it to a clean state. Use this worker to fully remove an existing RDF triple store before re-ingesting data or decommissioning an ontology namespace.

When to use
-----------

Tagged: ``arc2``, ``cleanup``, ``drop_tables``, ``mysql``, ``ontology``, ``rdf``, ``triple_store``.

Inputs
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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Default
     - Required
     - Description
   * - Ontology Store Name
     - ontology_store_name
     - text
     - —
     - ✓
     - Logical name of the ARC2 ontology store to clean up (e.g. 'materials_v2'); the worker normalises this to the 'arc2_ontology_<name>' table prefix before dropping all associated MySQL tables. Required — leave no default.

Outputs
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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Description
   * - Status
     - status
     - text
     - Human-readable result message indicating success (e.g. 'Successfully cleaned up ontology store: materials_v2') or an error description if the operation failed.
   * - Ontology Store Name
     - ontology_store_name
     - text
     - Echoes back the normalised ontology store name that was targeted by the cleanup, useful for downstream logging or chaining.

Disciplines
-----------

- platform.ontology

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