Types will be defined by replacing ":" by "__" for compatibility reasons.

Currently, both formats are supported for backwards compatibility

classes/modules/typeModule.php

@@ -126,8 +126,10 @@ class TypeModule extends abstractModule{
   	  foreach($t as $v){
   	  	$curie = Utils::uri2curie($v);
   	  	$typesAndValues[$curie] = 0;
+  	  	$typesAndValues[str_replace(":", "__", $curie)] = 0;
   	  	if(isset($conf['type']['priority'][$curie]) && $conf['type']['priority'][$curie] >= 0){
   	  	  $typesAndValues[$curie] = $conf['type']['priority'][$curie];
+  	  	  $typesAndValues[str_replace(":", "__", $curie)] = $conf['type']['priority'][$curie];
   	  	}
   	  }
   	}

utils/modules/create-type.sh

@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 initToken='types'
 
 cd $DIR
-
+componentName=${1/\:/__}
 #Check models
-mainDir=$DIR/../../components/$initToken/$1/
+mainDir=$DIR/../../components/$initToken/$componentName/
 
 if [ -e "$mainDir" ]
 then
-  echo "ERROR: This type $1 already exists." >&2
+  echo "ERROR: This type $componentName already exists." >&2
   exit 1
 else
   mkdir -p $mainDir
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ fi
 
 cp -rf ../defaults/type/* $mainDir/
 
-echo $1 created successfully! >&2
+echo $componentName created successfully! >&2