As this requires confidential files, I have taken this thread off-line with Don.
Holger On Oct 20, 2008, at 11:20 AM, donundeen wrote: > > yeah, I tried again. > I set up everything up to step 9 above. > see that all my instances are under my new classes with the new > namespaces. > Close the file > Re-open the file. > > Now I see all the file:/// - based namespaces in my class browser > again, and all the instances are attached to those classes. > > any idea what's going on? > > On Oct 20, 2:02 pm, donundeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ok, I think I've made some progress here; watching >> this:http://www.topbraidcomposer.com/videos/tutorials/xmap/XMap-TopBraid.wmv >> >> gave me some clues. >> >> What I did was: >> 1. drag xml file into my project >> 2. open xml file with tbc. >> 3. added a namespace, marcxml :http://metmuseum.org/ontologies/marc/ >> (arbitrarily picked) >> 4. when through all my imported classes and properties, and changed >> the >> file:///MCNProject2/sargent.xml#marc: tohttp://metmuseum.org/ontologies/marc/ >> NOTE: I tried changing 'file:///MSCProject3/sargent.xml ' to >> 'marcxml:' , but that left the whole URI in < > 's. Had to use the >> full name, then the prefix is what you'd see, without the < > 's , in >> the views. >> 5. Delete all instances of all of these xml-based classes. >> (collection, record, etc) >> 6. "save as" an owl file. This is now my xml ontology definition >> file. >> 7. open the owl file >> 8. Change the baseURI and Default Namespace >> tohttp://metmusuem.org/ontologies/marc/ >> 8. drag the original xml file into the imports of the new owl file. >> 9. yay, all imported elements are matched up with the existing >> classes >> with the new prefixes. >> 10. Tried importing another file of same schema, to see that this new >> file also references the new prefixes. >> >> Now, the only place I see the 'file:///' based URIs is for the actual >> instances, which is ok. >> >> .... >> >> Well, it looks like I spoke too soon. >> >> I closed my .owl file, opened some other files, then closed them, >> then >> reopened my owl file, and now all the file:/// - based types are >> back, >> and nothing is merged with my original created types! >> >> what am I doing wrong here? >> >> On Oct 17, 3:21 pm, donundeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I've read these instructions a dozen times, and I still can't get my >>> xml file to load with anything other than the filename as the >>> prefix. >> >>> here's what the top of the xml file looks like: >>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> >>> <marc:collection >>> xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim/"; >>> xmlns:marc="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim/"; >>> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; >>> targetNamespace="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim/";> >>> <marc:record> >>> <marc:leader>00259nz a2200109n 4500</marc:leader> >>> [etc] >> >>> I put the file in my project, then open the overview for the file. >>> I leave the name BaseURI alone, decouple it from the Default >>> Namespace, then set the Default Namespace tohttp://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim/ >>> I also set up the prefix: >>> marc:http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim/inmy main file prefix >>> definitions. >> >>> Then I drag the file from my project, into my main file's imports. >>> But in my class browser, my types still look like >>> file:///MCNProject3/sargent.xml#marc:record >> >>> What I really want is just to see >>> marc:record, where marc is the prefix forhttp://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim/ >> >>> This is a bit of a conflation of marc: the prefix for the xml >>> format, >>> and marc as a prefix for the rdf-translated types, and maybe I >>> shouldn't do that, but it seems I'm far form that issue, as I can't >>> get the types to import with anything other than the filename as the >>> prefix. >> >>> my real goal here is that I get rid of those annoying "file:///" >>> type >>> prefixes, to have all http:// prefixes that I've specified myself, >>> rather than any prefixes or namespaces generated by the system (like >>> these ones based on the filename) >> >>> can you help me through this process? >> >>> thanks again! >> >>> On Oct 14, 12:19 pm, Scott Henninger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >> >>>> Don; The base URI and default namespace are used for different >>>> purposes. The base URI identifies the file and the default >>>> namespace >>>> is used for any resource in the file that does not have a prefix >>>> associated with it. When you want resources in two files to >>>> point to >>>> the same namespace, these aren't the places to do that as they are >>>> associated with the file. >> >>>> To get what you want there are a couple of options. The first is >>>> not >>>> to use namespace prefixes. Remove the Default Namespace in your >>>> imported files and use the same URI for your resources - e.g. >>>> file:///testMarc/sargent.xml#code-marcsubfield. When imported the >>>> full URI will be the same and the resources will be interpreted as >>>> being the same. >> >>>> A second option is to create prefixes in your imported files. In >>>> each >>>> file remove the default namespace and Add... a prefix. The >>>> prefix can >>>> be different, say p1 in one file and p2 in the other, but if the >>>> Namespace URI associated with the prefix is the same then resources >>>> with the same name will have the same URI. E.g. if the prefix >>>> definition for file1 is: >>>> prefix p1 is file:///testMarc/sargent.xml#, and for file2 >>>> prefix p2 is file:///testMarc/sargent.xml# >> >>>> then when imported to another file p1:code-marcsubfield and >>>> p2:code- >>>> marcsubfield would expand to the same resource, >>>> file:///testMarc/sargent.xml >>>> #code-marcsubfield >> >>>> -- Scott >> >>>> On Oct 14, 10:07 am, donundeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I'm trying to import several xml files of the same format into >>>>> one TBC >>>>> ontology. >> >>>>> let's say I have two xml files to import: >>>>> file:///testMarc/sargent1.xml >>>>> and >>>>> file:///testMarc/sargent2.xml >> >>>>> When I import these two files, the namespace on all the elements >>>>> is >>>>> the filename, ie, a property imported from the first file looks >>>>> like: >>>>> file:///testMarc/sargent1.xml#code-marcsubfield >>>>> and from the second looks like: >>>>> file:///testMarc/sargent2.xml#code-marcsubfield >> >>>>> When what I want is for them to be the same namespace, so I can >>>>> assign >>>>> it a prefix in the importing file. >> >>>>> I tried playing with the Base URI and Default Namespace in the xml >>>>> file overview, to no avail. >> >>>>> How do I accomplish what I'm trying to do? >> >>>>> thanks! >> >>>>> don > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TopBraid Composer Users" group. 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