--- a/importFromOpenMind/importer/model2neo4j.py	Fri Jan 22 20:41:25 2016 +0100
+++ b/importFromOpenMind/importer/model2neo4j.py	Tue Feb 02 14:41:08 2016 +0100
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 # neo4j base URL
 neo4jBaseURL = "http://localhost:7474/db/data/"
 
+# name of type attribute
+node_type_attribute = '_type'
+rel_type_attribute = 'type'
+
 
 ## setup
 
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@
     cnt = 0
     for node_id in nx.nodes_iter(nx_graph):
         attrs = nx_graph.node[node_id]
-        ntype = attrs['type']
+        ntype = attrs[node_type_attribute]
         ismi_id = attrs['ismi_id']
         # create node with attributes
         n4j_node = n4j_graph.nodes.create(**attrs)
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@
         (nx_src, nx_tar) = nx_edge
         # get attributes of edge
         attrs = nx_graph.edge[nx_src][nx_tar][0]
-        ntype = attrs['type']
+        etype = attrs[rel_type_attribute]
         # get ismi_id of source and target nodes
         src_id = nx_graph.node[nx_src]['ismi_id']
         tar_id = nx_graph.node[nx_tar]['ismi_id']
@@ -66,7 +70,7 @@
             break
         
         # create Neo4J relation
-        n4j_rel = n4j_graph.relationships.create(src, ntype, tar)
+        n4j_rel = n4j_graph.relationships.create(src, etype, tar)
         # add attributes
         n4j_rel.properties = attrs