Kevin,

the sxml properties need to be set in the RDF/OWL model, not the XML.  
As I said, please look at the RDF that the SXML importer will create:  
you will see that the resulting classes and properties have those  
properties on them. You can simulate the same on your pre-existing  
classes.

Holger



On Oct 1, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Kevin Matthews wrote:

>
> So, my previous XML should be:
>
> <Environment><hasLatitudeDegrees sxml:attribute>50</
> hasLatitudeDegrees></Environment>
> or
> <Environment><hasLatitudeDegrees sxml:element>50</ 
> hasLatitudeDegrees></
> Environment>
>
> Neither of those xml string resulted in a hasLatitudeDegrees triple.
> They still generate hasLatitudeDegrees-Environment triples.
>
>
> Kev
>
> On Oct 1, 4:29 pm, Holger Knublauch <[email protected]> wrote:
>> If you want Semantic XML to re-use your existing classes and
>> properties, then you need to "annotate" those classes with
>> sxml:attribute and sxml:element values. In order to see which triples
>> are needed, open your XML file in TBC-ME (using Semantic XML- double
>> click on the .xml should do it), and analyze the resulting ontology.
>> The generated classes should have sxml:element values on them, and  
>> the
>> importer will try to re-use existing classes if they already have
>> those tags.
>>
>> Holger
>>
>> On Oct 1, 2009, at 1:23 PM, Kevin Matthews wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> OK, I've been playing with ConvertXMLToRDF and it seems that it may
>>> solve my problem.  However, in the example video and blog post you
>>> pointed me toward, it shows how to convert XML to a new ontology.   
>>> My
>>> goal is to convert XML into an existing ontology.
>>
>>> For example, I have an Environment class, which has a
>>> "hasLatitudeDegrees" property.  I tried handing ConvertXMLToRDF  
>>> these
>>> two XML strings:
>>
>>> <Environment><hasLatitudeDegrees>50</hasLatitudeDegrees></ 
>>> Environment>
>>> ...as well as....
>>> <Environment hasLatitudeDegrees="50"></Environment>
>>
>>> Both of these inputs resulted in a Environment instance triple
>>> (<Environment hasLatitudeDegrees="50">, rdf:type, Environment).
>>> However, the hasLatitudeDegrees triple was misnamed (<Environment
>>> hasLatitudeDegrees="50">, hasLatitudeDegrees-Environment, 50).  I  
>>> need
>>> the triple to be (<Environment hasLatitudeDegrees="50">,
>>> hasLatitudeDegrees, 50).
>>
>>> How do I control the names of the properties?  Can I restructure my
>>> XML to achieve this?
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>
>>> Kev
>>
>>> On Oct 1, 11:35 am, "Irene Polikoff" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Kevin,
>>
>>>> You can read about Semantic XML 
>>>> herehttp://composing-the-semantic-web.blogspot.com/2007/11/xmap-mapping-a
>>>> ...
>>>> y-xml-documents-to.html and also in Help > TopBraid Composer >
>>>> Import and
>>>> Export
>>>> Creating, Importing, Querying, Saving XML documents with Semantic
>>>> XML.
>>
>>>> If you had an XML file in the workspace, sml:ImportRDFFromWorkspace
>>>> would
>>>> automatically convert it into RDF. Other than that, you would need
>>>> to use
>>>> sml:ConvertXMLToRDF module. Once you are in RDF, you can execute
>>>> SPARQL.
>>
>>>> The rest of your questions are better answered by Holger, but I
>>>> don't think
>>>> there is any XML involved in the Eclipse GUI. It works entirely
>>>> with RDF.
>>
>>>> There is XML interface between TBE and TBL Server. It is optimized
>>>> for TBE
>>>> which has a client side RDF store and query engine. To use this
>>>> interface, I
>>>> believe you would need to develop using TBL Flex SDK.
>>
>>>> Regards,
>>
>>>> Irene
>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [email protected]
>>
>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of  
>>>> Kevin
>>>> Matthews
>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:12 AM
>>>> To: TopBraid Composer Users
>>>> Subject: [tbc-users] Re: Webservice to Create Ontology Class
>>>> Instances?
>>
>>>> What I meant by "what is the GUI of Eclipse calling" is this.   
>>>> When I
>>>> look at the Eclipse GUI, I can add a new instance of any ontology
>>>> class to the ontology by filling in all of its values and clicking
>>>> save.  What is TBC using to take those values and create triples  
>>>> out
>>>> of them and store them?  I am trying to do the same exact
>>>> functionality, only using a web front end.  I have a web page where
>>>> you can select an ontology class, fill in its values, and click  
>>>> save.
>>>> I'm sending that information in XML format to a SparqlMotion  
>>>> script,
>>>> that must figure out what type of class it represents and save it  
>>>> to
>>>> the ontology.  I was hoping that there was an easy way to do this
>>>> without tons of BindByXPath and ApplyConstruct modules.
>>
>>>> I will happily look into SemanticXML and ConvertXMLtoRDF.  Do you
>>>> know
>>>> where I can find some documentation on the exact XML structure/ 
>>>> schema
>>>> I need to hand ConvertXMLtoRDF?   A quick google search did not
>>>> return
>>>> much relevant information.
>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>
>>>> Kevin
>>
>>>> On Sep 30, 6:59 pm, Scott Henninger <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Kevin;  On the below:
>>
>>>>> <Otherwise, what is the GUI of Eclipse calling to do
>>>>>  this?  What is Topbraid Ensemble calling to do the same?>
>>
>>>>> Are you referring to parsing RDF/XML files?  This is performed by
>>>>> TBC
>>>>> - specifically the Jena RDF parser.  sml:ImportRDFFrom... modules
>>>>> will
>>>>> do this.
>>
>>>>> -- Scott
>>
>>>>> On Sep 30, 5:29 pm, Holger Knublauch <[email protected]>  
>>>>> wrote:
>>
>>>>>> Hi Kevin,
>>
>>>>>> have you looked at Semantic XML, as supported by
>>>>>> sml:ConvertXMLToRDF?
>>>>>> This will take any XML instance document and turn it into a  
>>>>>> simple
>>>>>> ontology with classes such as widget and name, and values for the
>>>>>> attributes and nested text elements.
>>
>>>>>> I am not sure why you are referring to Eclipse UI and TBE here?
>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Holger
>>
>>>>>> On Sep 30, 2009, at 9:34 AM, Kevin Matthews wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> I am trying to write a SparqlMotion web service that takes in  
>>>>>>> XML,
>>>>>>> representing an instance of a class in my ontology, and stores
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> instance in the onotology.  For instance:
>>
>>>>>>> <widget>
>>>>>>>    <name>my widget</name>
>>>>>>>    <hasSprockets>3</hasSprockets>
>>>>>>> </widget>
>>
>>>>>>> This input would produce a :Widget instance with a :hasSprockets
>>>>>>> value
>>>>>>> of 3 and an instance :name of "my widget".
>>
>>>>>>> It dawned on me while writing a complex SparqlMotion script
>>>>>>> composed
>>>>>>> of BindByXPath, ApplyConstruct, and IterateOverXPath modules  
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> there must be an web service that already provides this
>>>>>>> functionality.  Otherwise, what is the GUI of Eclipse calling to
>>>>>>> do
>>>>>>> this?  What is Topbraid Ensemble calling to do the same?
>>
>>>>>>> So, does this functionality exist, and if so, how do I access it
>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>> a web application?
>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>
>>>>>>> Kev
> >


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