Thanks, Holger, for your advice, indeed! Now I'm trying to use partial imports like you suggested using RDFex. You asked to let you know if I want to use a namespace other from foaf,dc and so on. Actually, the namespace that I want to use is : http://www.fadyart.com/Finance.owl# . Could you add it to enable me to make a partial import from Finance ontology? And one thing more, when I tried to import <http://rdfex.org/foaf/ Person,firstName> for testing reason it didn't work. It keep saying : "no protocol: <http://rdfex.org/foaf/ Person,firstName>".
Thanks and Regards,Aziza. On Apr 16, 3:10 pm, Holger Knublauch <[email protected]> wrote: > Aziza, > > you would use owl:imports (via the Imports View) to use (e.g. instantiate) > classes and other resources from other files. If you have the financial > ontology in your workspace, just drag it from the Navigator into the Imports > view. If it's online, use the Add import from URL button in the Imports View. > > You definitely should not duplicate definitions from external classes. But if > you want to use only a sub-set of another vocabulary, you could have a look > at partial import services such ashttp://rdfex.org > > Holger > > On Apr 16, 2010, at 4:57 PM, aziza wrote: > > > > > > > hello,everyone! > > I have a question how to use some concepts like classes from another > > ontology in my own ontology. > > If let's say I create my own ontology and want to use some classes > > from well defined ontology (for ex. Finance ontology). How could I do > > it? > > If you suggest me to refer them via their namespace like for ex. > > Finance:FinancialInstrument and align them with my own classes (like > > i put below,here Model, Process, Contract classes defined by myself, > > and Finance:FinancialInstrument which is from Finance ontology where > > Finance: - is a namespace defined in Finance ontology) , wouldn't it > > be redefining classes again in my ontology and did I use > > FinancialInstrument properly? > > Thanks. > > Aziza . > > > Example > > > owl:Thing > > Model > > Process > > Finance:Finaciallnstrument > > Contract > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Group "TopBraid Suite Users", the topics of which include TopBraid Composer, > > TopBraid Live, TopBraid Ensemble, SPARQLMotion and SPIN. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/topbraid-users?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Group "TopBraid Suite Users", the topics of which include TopBraid Composer, > TopBraid Live, TopBraid Ensemble, SPARQLMotion and SPIN. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/topbraid-users?hl=en- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group "TopBraid Suite Users", the topics of which include TopBraid Composer, TopBraid Live, TopBraid Ensemble, SPARQLMotion and SPIN. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/topbraid-users?hl=en
