Re: SPARQL, philosophy n'stuff..

On Apr 19, 2013, at 07:44, Mark Baker <mark@zepheira.com> wrote:

> Kingsley,
> 
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Kingsley Idehen
> <kidehen@openlinksw.com> wrote:
>> The global Web is a functional Data Space equipped with a declarative query
>> language based on the Web's architectural essence (URIs and HTTP). It can
>> work, and will work. The challenge is getting folks to hone in to what
>> possible circa. 2013 :-)
> 
> I can accept that definition of "query language", and agree... but
> don't believe we need a separate query language to do these new
> things.
> 
> The original query language you describe is what makes the Web, the
> Web. We can't just swap it out and expect the resulting architecture
> to still be the Web and exhibit its same desirable architectural
> properties.
> 
> There are solutions to these problems within the constraints of REST.
> Let's explore those first before jumping to the conclusion that we
> need to expose SPARQL.

+1.  There is more work to be done in this direction.

Regards,
Dave
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> 
> Mark.
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