Bruce, Yes, other files in the same project will not know about the prefix that was defined for that file, unless they import that file or they all import a file with the same prefix definition. Prefixes are a convenience so that each file can refer to each namespace URI its own way, in case there are conflicts. Default namespaces are generally considered to be a convenience so that you don't have to write out a prefix for your most-used namespace over and over within a given file, but we find that instead of using the default prefix, assigning prefixes to all namespaces used is useful because it can lead to less confusion when some files get included with others.
Regarding your second question > so the base URI is fwweb:BruceWhealtonJr Technically that's not really a URI, but a prefixed name, but it would be treated the same as the URI it represents, which would be http://personalprofiles.fwwebdev.com/BruceWheatonJr . This is a good idea, making it an http:// URI instead of a file:/// one. TopBraid creates a file:/// one as a default because if your project name is the same as an existing domain name on the web that is out of your control, then it's not a good idea to create an http:// domain name with that. Bob -----Original Message----- From: topbraid-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:topbraid-users@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Whealton Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 3:55 PM To: TopBraid Suite Users Subject: [topbraid-users] Help setting default namespace in TBC Hello, I was working with a foaf file (which has more than foaf in it) in TBC. I noticed when looking at the source rdf file that the xml:base was set to file:///PersonalProfiles.fwwebdev.com/BruceWhealtonJr/foaf.rdf So, then I looked at the namespace settings and the default was very close to this... I since changed it but I'm not 100% sure I got it right. TBC doesn't always like it when you define something that it doesn't know about yet. For example, if you know where you are going to publish something and the directory structure, it doesn't seem to like that. I guess you just enclose it with <> brackets and you are fine. Anyway, setting the default namespace and base url... If I know I am going to publish various foaf files at: http://personalprofiles.fwwebdev.com/ and they will have this form: http://personalprofiles.fwwebdev.com/BruceWhealtonJr/foaf.rdf and http://personalprofiles.fwwebdev.com/JohnettaRuthAlston/foaf.rdf I guess the first question is with regard to setting a namespace prefix. If I setup fwweb as the prefix for http://personalprofiles.fwwebdev.com/ other files that I open in the same project, will not know about that prefix will they? It will have to be defined in each and every file, correct? In my file: http://personalprofiles.fwwebdev.com/BruceWhealtonJr/foaf.rdf well, that's where I will publish it. If I define fwweb as equal to http://personalprofiles.fwwebdev,com/ and so the base URI is fwweb:BruceWhealtonJr and the default namespace is fwweb:BruceWhealtonJr# Does that make sense to do it this way? And the next foaf file would be defined using the same prefix of fwweb:JohnettaRuthAlston I didn't like the idea of publishing something on the web where the value of xml:base="file:///someurl" Thanks, Bruce -- 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 topbraid-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to topbraid-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 topbraid-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to topbraid-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/topbraid-users?hl=en
