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 as http://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 at http://groups.google.com/group/topbraid-users?hl=en
