Re: XQuery and GET

• From: Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie@datadirect.com>
• Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 14:24:03 -0400
• To: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
• Cc: public-qt-comments@w3.org
• Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20031017142253.03c179f0@ncmail.datadirect.com>

At 12:36 PM 10/17/2003, Mark Baker wrote:
> > There are limits to what fits easily on a URI. A 12 page query with
> > functions and schema imports probably doesn't naturally fit into this
> > framework.
>
>Probably not, no.  But for smaller, perhaps simpler queries, I think it
>would be enormously useful.  Where the WG decides to draw this line, I
>don't know (FLWR??).  But I also wonder if drawing a line may be more
>work than covering the general case, and then letting your customers
>(XQuery processor designers and app-developers) decide what's too big to
>go in a URI. 8-)  That's totally your call, of course, but anything you
>can do in this direction would be progress, I'd say, and would address
>my concern.

Perhaps XPath is the right level for this?

Jonathan 

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