RE: [tbc-users] Re: Error Adding a Node to the Graph Editor in TBE

2009-11-19 Thread Smith, Tim
to the Graph Editor in TBE > > Tim, this is a defect that has been resolved for the upcoming 3.2.1. > If the fix is needed urgently we can send you a link to a beta > version. Otherwise the update will be available in a week's time or > so. > > Thanks for the report! &g

[tbc-users] Re: How to check TopBraid license key

2009-10-21 Thread Smith, Tim
ot appearing in the text box as you said. > Is there any other way to dig it out? > > On Oct 22, 10:28 am, "Smith, Tim" wrote: > > Interestingly, I tried the same (Help-> TopBraid Composer > Registration)and the license key does appear in the text box.  It also > ind

[tbc-users] Re: How to check TopBraid license key

2009-10-21 Thread Smith, Tim
Interestingly, I tried the same (Help-> TopBraid Composer Registration)and the license key does appear in the text box. It also indicates in the "Please enter a license key" label that the current key is for TBC-ME. I'm using TBC-ME 3.1.1. Tim > -Original Message- > From: topbraid-c

[tbc-users] Re: Forms in Ensemble and TBC-ME

2009-10-09 Thread Smith, Tim
ate the that default application > has been modified/corrupted. I'd suggest removing topbraid live > server project - copying your user defined application, components, > etc. first. > > -- Scott > > On Oct 9, 2:44 pm, "Smith, Tim" wrote: > > Hi Scott, > &

[tbc-users] Forms in Ensemble and TBC-ME

2009-10-05 Thread Smith, Tim
Hi - I've been creating custom form layouts within TBC so that the properties that I want people to populate are shown on the form even though there is no specific reason they should be related to the class of interest - i.e. no domain/range triples or restrictions. I can make it look good in T

[tbc-users] Re: switch properties

2009-09-30 Thread Smith, Tim
Hi Dalia, I would likely use a CONSTRUCT query to create the skos:definition triple from the rdfs:comment triple. You could then use DELETE to remove the rdfs:comment triples from your model if you need to. Tim From: topbraid-composer-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:topbraid-composer-us...@g

[tbc-users] Re: source for glossary terms

2009-09-21 Thread Smith, Tim
Dalia, It is probably more detail than you want, but Cyc has done a lot of work in this area over the years. Here is a link to their Spatial Relations terms. Note that it is an old page (2002) so you might want to dig around a little, particularly on their commercial site, www.cyc.com

[tbc-users] Re: Iterate over select

2009-09-16 Thread Smith, Tim
discussing various design alternatives right > now, to cover the typical use cases of sml:IterateOverSelect. Not sure > what's the best solution for all these scenarios. > > Holger > > > On Sep 16, 2009, at 6:11 PM, Smith, Tim wrote: > > > > > I've

[tbc-users] Re: Iterate over select

2009-09-16 Thread Smith, Tim
I've run into this type of scenario before as well. Would it be possible to have thread-safe variables that live outside of the modules of a given script and can be accessed from any module? Something we could use as counters, etc? Tim > -Original Message- > From: topbraid-compose

[tbc-users] TBE 3.1 Graphical Editor Issues

2009-07-22 Thread Smith, Tim
I had just a few minutes to test the new TBE version. Here's a few things I noticed straight off. Bottom line is that this component is not ready for prime time. Either that or my update didn't work properly although About Eclipse... shows 3.1 as the version for TopBraid. Could you tell me w

[tbc-users] Re: How to extract multiple values from a space-delimited string?

2009-05-21 Thread Smith, Tim
y)) . > ... > > I would prefer to leave such concerns separated unless you have cases > where the above solution would not work. > > Regards, > Holger > > > On May 21, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Smith, Tim wrote: > > > > > That's great news! It will

[tbc-users] Re: How to extract multiple values from a space-delimited string?

2009-05-21 Thread Smith, Tim
" " ") . > > will bind ?str with > AAA > BB > CC > > The second argument is a regular expression. Since empty strings will > be ignored, no trim is needed IMHO. > > Holger > > > On May 21, 2009, at 6:24 AM, Smith, Tim wrote: > >

[tbc-users] Re: How to extract multiple values from a space-delimited string?

2009-05-21 Thread Smith, Tim
Hi Phil, I also did not see a function that will split a string based on a delimiter in the latest version. I need to split strings based on arbitrary delimiters all the time so I wrote a split string function in java and made it a property function to use in CONSTRUCT queries. In addition

[tbc-users] Re: Ensemble Usability Suggestions

2009-05-19 Thread Smith, Tim
Hi Scott, Thanks for the response! I've added a few comments to your responses below. Tim > -Original Message- > From: topbraid-composer-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:topbraid- > composer-us...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Henninger > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:29 PM > To:

[tbc-users] Re: Unable to Open XML file using sml:IterateOverSelect

2009-05-19 Thread Smith, Tim
Looks great to me! Thanks! Tim > -Original Message- > From: topbraid-composer-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:topbraid- > composer-us...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Holger Knublauch > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:55 PM > To: topbraid-composer-users@googlegroups.com > Subject: [tbc-us

[tbc-users] Re: Unable to Open XML file using sml:IterateOverSelect

2009-05-19 Thread Smith, Tim
u will prevent > invalid names from creeping into your queries. > > Holger > > > On May 19, 2009, at 1:17 PM, Smith, Tim wrote: > > > > > This is a good time to suggest an enhancement request... > > > > It would be very helpful if the SPARQL query e

[tbc-users] Re: Unable to Open XML file using sml:IterateOverSelect

2009-05-19 Thread Smith, Tim
This is a good time to suggest an enhancement request... It would be very helpful if the SPARQL query editor would recognize that smf:concat is an unknown function and at least highlight it. Depending on how long I am away from SPARQL, I often make the mistake of using the wrong prefix to id

[tbc-users] More Ensemble Suggestions

2009-05-15 Thread Smith, Tim
Here's a couple of more: 1.Is there a way to undo in the visualization tab? Accidentally selecting the wrong incoming/outgoing property can make for a very populated graph! 2. How can I select a portion of the graph in the vis tab? Dragging is panning by default, is there a wa

[tbc-users] Ensemble Usability Suggestions

2009-05-15 Thread Smith, Tim
Hi, Here's a few things that I think would make Ensemble easier to use: 1.When the results grid contains more than one column of class instances, it would be nice to be able to drag the instance from any column onto the Visualization tab for further exploration. Currently I can only d

[tbc-users] Re: counting and owl:sameAs

2009-04-20 Thread Smith, Tim
I think this issue demonstrates an important aspect of owl:sameAs. While it is a great concept to say something is the same as something else in the model, when you begin to explore these models via GUIs or SPARQL directly, the concept of "sameAs" needs to shift. In the modeling domain, when sayi

[tbc-users] Re: afn:namespace function issue

2009-04-20 Thread Smith, Tim
Hi Paul, I don't remember the exact rule but I suspect it has to do with the identifiers starting with a digit. Seems like I've hit that one before. Tim > -Original Message- > From: topbraid-composer-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:topbraid- > composer-us...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf

[tbc-users] Re: GUI Annoyance

2009-03-31 Thread Smith, Tim
I have found the refactoring to work as I expect - following imports, etc. However, I would like to "second" the notion that opening (potentially) dozens of files and then leaving them open in the editors when the refactoring is done is at least inconvenient. It would be great if the refactoring

[tbc-users] Re: SPARQL Comment Support in SM scripts

2009-03-29 Thread Smith, Tim
t; > > On Mar 26, 2009, at 11:32 PM, Pierre wrote: > > > > >> is it possible to store them in "as entered" text form as well as > >> SPIN RDF? > > > > Preferences > TopBraid Composer > SPIN > Also generate sp:text > > represe

[tbc-users] Re: SPARQL Comment Support in SM scripts

2009-03-27 Thread Smith, Tim
(verbose) > o Yes, without prefixes (compact) > > Pierre > > On Mar 27, 4:49 am, "Smith, Tim" wrote: > > Hmmm...  Does that mean storing them twice? > > > > The issue that I'm going to face is that I have dozens of long (50+ > > lines) CONST

[tbc-users] Re: SPARQL Comment Support in SM scripts

2009-03-26 Thread Smith, Tim
ferently, e.g. with the source code editor :( I can think of a number of UI work-arounds that would always store them as strings if that's needed by anyone. Holger On Mar 26, 2009, at 7:44 PM, Smith, Tim wrote: Hi - in TBC 3.0 Beta 2 comments are still deleted when entering t

[tbc-users] SPARQL Comment Support in SM scripts

2009-03-26 Thread Smith, Tim
Hi - in TBC 3.0 Beta 2 comments are still deleted when entering them in SPARQLMotion modules such as CONSTRUCT queries, etc. Any chance comments will be supported in the final release? It is very much of a pain to have comments deleted! There is no way to document your SPARQL in those modules

[tbc-users] Re: Creating a SPARQL Endpoint for a Webservice

2009-03-19 Thread Smith, Tim
Hi Holger, Thanks for the response. I thought that might be the answer but I had to ask J! Tim From: topbraid-composer-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:topbraid-composer-us...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Holger Knublauch Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:05 PM To: topbraid-composer-us

[tbc-users] Creating a SPARQL Endpoint for a Webservice

2009-03-18 Thread Smith, Tim
I have an internal webservice that provides basic employee data - name, email, department, etc. The webservice is setup as a servlet and returns XML, CSV, or HTML. I've written a SM script that can submit a request to the webservice and process the resulting XML into instances in my Person ontolo

RE: [SPAM]:[tbc-users] Re: Following URIs from within Composer or TBE

2009-02-12 Thread Smith, Tim
ntrol-click follows the link (sorry, I neglected to mention > the keystroke last time). > > Try this with a .jpg, specifically use the following: > <http://www.topbraidcomposer.org/demos/kennedys/images/180px- > JFKJr2.jpg> > > You should be able to access this file

[tbc-users] Re: Following URIs from within Composer or TBE

2009-02-12 Thread Smith, Tim
> This opens Acrobat and displays the document in the middle pane. Note > that this file is local on my D: drive. You can use any valid URL > here. > > -- Scott > > On Feb 11, 3:47 pm, "Smith, Tim" wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This may be something ve

[tbc-users] Following URIs from within Composer or TBE

2009-02-11 Thread Smith, Tim
Hi, This may be something very simple that I've overlooked or modeled incorrectly, but here goes... I have many instances that have an associated URL. This URL may point to a document on a server or webpage, whatever, doesn't really matter. What I need is the ability to open those links fr

[tbc-users] Re: modelling address as class or properties

2009-01-25 Thread Smith, Tim
I tend to model Address as a combination of data and object properties depending upon whether I want to be able to say things about components of an address, independent of the address. For example I might want to make statements about the demographics of a city or postal code so I would make

[tbc-users] Re: Importing Text Files

2008-11-18 Thread Smith, Tim
rting Text Files Hi Tim, no, this option is not supported. You will need to pre-process your files with a search and replace. I wonder whether pipe is a common separator. Holger On Nov 18, 2008, at 9:50 AM, Smith, Tim wrote: Hi - is it possible to import a text file into TBC 2.6

[tbc-users] Importing Text Files

2008-11-18 Thread Smith, Tim
Hi - is it possible to import a text file into TBC 2.6.2 that is pipe (|) delimited? I don't see an option that will let me specify the delimiter in the importer. It is assuming it is tab-delimited. Have I missed something? Thanks, Tim --~--~-~--~~~---~--~--

[tbc-users] RE: Storing documents in OWL/RDF

2008-10-31 Thread Smith, Tim
Does anyone have insight into how to store and retrieve documents in OWL/RDF? From: Smith, Tim Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 7:09 PM To: topbraid-composer-users@googlegroups.com Subject: Storing documents in OWL/RDF Hi, Does anyone know if you can

[tbc-users] Re: Copy SparqlMotion Script?

2008-10-30 Thread Smith, Tim
You can put the script in a file by itself and then import it into other scripts that need to use it. Tim > -Original Message- > From: topbraid-composer-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:topbraid-composer- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of donundeen > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 2:26

[tbc-users] Storing documents in OWL/RDF

2008-10-29 Thread Smith, Tim
Hi, Does anyone know if you can store documents in an OWL model? Specifically, can I make a PDF file, Word doc, etc.. the object of a triple? I've just run across this case when designing the mapping between a legacy system that stores documents as blobs and a future semantic version of the

[tbc-users] Re: anyone ever see this SPARQL syntax error?

2008-10-17 Thread Smith, Tim
You can also use the variable names directly in the template instead of ?1, ?2, etc. e.g. LET (?auri := smf:buildURI ("Some stuff {?aname} more stuff ?bname}")) > -Original Message- > From: topbraid-composer-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:topbraid-composer- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behal

[tbc-users] Re: Properties as subjects in SPARQL Queries

2008-10-16 Thread Smith, Tim
You might consider asking about SPARQL optimization on the Jena mailing list since the ARQ implementation will determine how much optimization is done. > -Original Message- > From: topbraid-composer-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:topbraid-composer- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott

[tbc-users] TBC GUI Issues/Enhancements

2008-10-09 Thread Smith, Tim
Since people have been bringing up some of the quirks with the gui, here are a few things I've noticed as well as a nice to have: 1. When editing a SPARQLMotion graph in graph view, resetting inferences switches the view to the form tab. 2. Clicking OK when entering a text value in

[tbc-users] Re: Using a variable in Modify Prefixes

2008-10-08 Thread Smith, Tim
On Oct 8, 2008, at 6:28 PM, Smith, Tim wrote: Hi Holger, Actually, I am using sml:ModifyPrefixes - I'm just using a variable as the input to the addedPrefix property instead of hard-coding a prefix. I'm not in anyway trying to manipulate a SPARQL query. Here's the sour

[tbc-users] Re: Using a variable in Modify Prefixes

2008-10-08 Thread Smith, Tim
can analyze existing queries in a script, for example to optimize them. We also want to be able to change the storage format of the queries themselves. More on that in 3.0 :) Why can't you use sml:ModifyPrefixes? Holger On Oct 8, 2008, at 3:35 PM, Smith, Tim wrote:

[tbc-users] Using a variable in Modify Prefixes

2008-10-08 Thread Smith, Tim
Hi - If I define a variable upstream of a ModifyPrefixes module, can I use it to define a prefix via the addedPrefix property? I was thinking of something like ?pre = "prefix " and using {?pre} to reference it in addedPrefix in a downstream ModifyPrefixes module. When I try this, I can def

[tbc-users] Re: ARQ Extension Eclipse Question

2008-10-08 Thread Smith, Tim
plugin.xml editor. For distribution of the plugin, also make sure they are in the Binary Build settings of the Build tab on the plugin.xml. Let me know if this does not work. Holger On Oct 8, 2008, at 1:37 PM, Smith, Tim wrote: Ok, I know this is more of an Eclipse question than directly

[tbc-users] ARQ Extension Eclipse Question

2008-10-08 Thread Smith, Tim
Ok, I know this is more of an Eclipse question than directly a TBC question but I've been searching eclipse.org and still haven't found the answer so I'm hoping someone on here can point me in the right direction. I'm developing additional property functions for TBC. Unlike my previous functio

[tbc-users] Re: buildURI and constructName

2008-10-07 Thread Smith, Tim
es. Please let me know if you think otherwise. Holger On Oct 6, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Smith, Tim wrote: Since tops:constructName has been deprecated, I've slowly been converting my scripts over to smf:buildURI. One thing I noticed is that buildURI and constructName create different p

[tbc-users] buildURI and constructName

2008-10-06 Thread Smith, Tim
Since tops:constructName has been deprecated, I've slowly been converting my scripts over to smf:buildURI. One thing I noticed is that buildURI and constructName create different parsings for the same input string. This is something to watch for if you are relying on matching URIs to integrate da