Thank you Irene. I will try it out
On Friday, September 26, 2014 9:10:22 PM UTC-4, Irene Polikoff wrote: > > Maatary, > > > > Approach described by Scott is for flexible use from TopBraid Composer > with any SPARQL Endpoint. > > > > In TopBraid EVN, users can automatically get resources from pre-configured > remote sources as described here > http://download.topquadrant.com/evn/44doc/userguide.html#copyfromremote. > The source needs to be a SPARQL Endpoint. EVN will run a query to get > information about a resource with the matching (similar) label. > > > > Alternatively, in EVN there is also “Copy from URL” option. User provides > a URL. If RDF is returned when it is accessed, it will be copied into > vocabulary. This is intended for sources that expose Linked Data, but not > necessarily offer SPARQL Endpoints. > > > > If a source you are interested in, does not return RDF, but returns, for > example, XML or JSON, you could create a source-specific service using > pre-built modules available in TopBraid that will, possibly based on the > user input, access the source, convert returned information to RDF and add > it to your model. Such service can be built using either SPARQLMotion > http://www.topquadrant.com/technology/sparqlmotion/ or SPARQL Web Pages > http://www.topquadrant.com/technology/sparql-web-pages-swp/ . Then, it > can be called from TBC or from any application running on TopBraid Live. > > > > Irene > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Maatary Okouya > *Sent:* Friday, September 26, 2014 8:16 AM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Subject:* Re: [topbraid-users] Linking to external resources > > > > So Basically it is pretty much manual. > > > > The thing is that sometime there is no sparql end point just a lookup > enpoint / a search service. I beleive in this case you have to go and fetch > it yourself. It just faster. > > On Thursday, September 25, 2014 8:30:37 PM UTC-4, Scott Henninger wrote: > > Maatary; You can use the SERVICE keyword in SPARQL to access SPARQL > endpoints. > > For linking to external controlled vocabularies, the best would be to use > Import From URL... in the Imports tab - see Help > Help Contents > TopBraid > Composer > User Interface Overview > Imports View. > > There is also a SPARQL Endpoint Connector - see TopBraid Composer > > Importing Data Sources > Import external information > Import SPARQL > Endpoints > > In terms of "is there a way to open them in topbraid after downloading > them, and linking to it", one way to accomplish this would be to use the > SERVICE in a SPARQL Construct. The following is a working example. > > CONSTRUCT {<http://dbpedia.org/resource/Belize> > <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Belize> rdfs:label ?o} > WHERE > { SERVICE <http://dbpedia.org/sparql> <http://dbpedia.org/sparql> > { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Belize> > <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Belize> rdfs:label ?o > } > } > > ...replace the dbpedia SPARQL Endpoint with whatever endpoint you are > linking to. You can then assert the constructed triples where you want or > use INSERT to place them in a specified GRAPH. > > -- Scott > > On 9/25/2014, 6:59 PM, Maatary Okouya wrote: > > > > > > I want to link my resource to external resources? What support do i have > for that in TopBraid. I saw the linking to DbPedia, but i might be > interested in new york Time linked data, freebase, LCSH, VIAF, etc.... > > Do i have some support for it? Moreover, I have the specific need to link > external controlled vocabulary to real entities with foaf:Focus. Would it > be possible? > > If i can't look them up online, is there a way to open them in topbraid > after downloading them, and linking to it? meaning without making an import > in my dataset ? > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Group "TopBraid Suite Users", the topics of which include Enterprise > Vocabulary Network (EVN), TopBraid Composer, TopBraid Live, TopBraid > Insight, SPARQLMotion, SPARQL Web Pages 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 Groups > "TopBraid Suite Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Group "TopBraid Suite Users", the topics of which include Enterprise > Vocabulary Network (EVN), TopBraid Composer, TopBraid Live, TopBraid > Insight, SPARQLMotion, SPARQL Web Pages and SPIN. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:> > 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 Groups > "TopBraid Suite Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group "TopBraid Suite Users", the topics of which include Enterprise Vocabulary Network (EVN), TopBraid Composer, TopBraid Live, TopBraid Insight, SPARQLMotion, SPARQL Web Pages and SPIN. 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