Scott,

I used the import feature, but it did not create an OWL file
correspoding to the Excel file.

I had to add the <?rdf:RDF> tag to the end of the file to get it to
open and when I did, there was no import history so I could not
unimport. I sent the file to Holger.

I have since rebuilt the ontology using a different approach. I tried
using the Equivalent Class to show the OWL construct UnionOf (as oper
TopBraid instuctions), but I do not like the results so I have to go
back using Object Properties to describe the relationships. The Union
Of is good for building a hierarchy in which a query (object property)
is not needed. I am building an ontology for a financial database and
queries are important.

On Jun 4, 10:45 am, Scott Henninger <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I take it you did the import through owl:imports for a file (i.e. the
> Import view)?  You may be able to undo this by choosing the file in
> the Import view, deleting it, and choosing 'yes' to removing usages of
> the import.  For imports of files in non-validates rdf, it is always
> best to test the import on an empty file to make sure it imports
> properly.  And don't save the file until you know it is working or has
> not corrupted the ontology.
>
> You may be able to salvage this file by globally replacing the URIs
> that have a ":" in the namespace with one that uses "#" to separate
> the namespace from the local name.
>
> We can add safeguards that will not allow .xlsx files to be imported.
> -- Scott
>
> On Jun 4, 7:27 am, [email protected] wrote:
>
>
>
> > Scott,
>
> > Importing those Excel 2007 files completely destroyed the OWL file. I
> > had to add </rdf:RDF> to the end of the file to get it to open without
> > errors, but the import process overwrote all my top two tiers of
> > classes so all I was left with was about 10% of my bottom tier of
> > subclasses and any instances. I tried rolling back to a local history,
> > but that file was corrupt too. the lesson here is to save my own local
> > versons several times a day so I can roll back. I did this on a
> > previous project when my file went to OWL Full when I wanted OWL Lite
> > so I guess I relearned a valuable lesson. Lucky for me there was no
> > deliverable for this file, it was just a "for fun" project.- Hide quoted 
> > text -
>
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