Re: preparing for protocol discussion

On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 02:06:31PM +0000, Seaborne, Andy wrote:

> Kendall - hope you well for the F2F.

Thanks, Andy. I'll be there.

> What I've implemented is "?query=...&lang=..." (paramter order does not 
> matter) over HTTP, and also plain GET (no query string).  I use various 
> HTTP error codes as I saw a match at the time, including:

Yr "query" and "lang" are equivalent IMO to the protocol draft's
"query" and "query-lang". I prefer "query-lang" because it's more
explicit than "lang", which could mean natural language, programming
language, etc. But I take that they have the same semantics.

> I haven't implemented "graph-uri=" (I intend to and I would if it is in the 
> protocol) but queries can have WITH/FROM.

It is in the protocol, where it's spelled "graph-id". It's listed in
the HTTP Query Parameters table. The cardinality is wrong and I need
to remove the reference to the query language spec, but it's there.

> "lang=" helps, if its a model-centric view, but I don't have any 
> reservations with the service-oriented view with service instance implying 
> query language. i.e. no "lang="

I don't either. I'll mark "query-lang" as optional.

Hope this helps.

Kendall