Create a Topic Map with TMAPI 1.0 compatible Topic Maps Engine.

TopicMapSystemFactory tmSystemFactory = TopicMapSystemFactory.newInstance();
TopicMapSystem tmSystem = tmSystemFactory.newTopicMapSystem();

// set tmdm as model
tmSystemFactory.setFeature("http://tmapi.org/features/model/xtm1.1", true);

try {
  TopicMap tm = tmSystem.createTopicMap("http://www.topicmapsbook.com");
}
catch (TopicMapExistsException tmee) {
  System.err.println("Topic Map already exists");
}