Re: variables prefix - ?variable vs. $variable

On Aug 31, 2004, at 6:57 PM, Seaborne, Andy wrote:
>> Also think of the upside; do this right and you can instantly allow 
>> ANY
>> language/installation which has an ODBC, JDBC, ADO, whatever SQL
>> interface
>> do semantic web queries with virtually no rework on the client side. 
>> AND
>> you get at least some instant buy in from the people currently in
>> control
>> of data storage and the SQL bastion.
>
> We aren't querying existing SQL databases.

but we might also need to query RDF sources or RDF storages via 
existing, and widely deployed SQL/DBC interfaces and protocols - at 
least for another while, till the Semantic Web infrastructure will be 
in place.

cheers

Alberto