Re: perhaps now is the time to address issues#accessingCollections? [Fwd: Re: an extension to SPARQL]

To add to the picture for accessing collections:

http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/tests/data/BuiltInProperties/

gives examples using a different approach specifically to accessing 
collections using properties with specific meanings.

SELECT ?x ?member
{ ?x :p ?list .
   ?list list:member ?member .
}

list:member matches over the members of list ?list.


Implementation experience:
http://jena.sourceforge.net/ARQ/extension.html#propertyFunctions

and also that users expect the members of a collection to come back in the 
order they are in the collection.

	Andy


Dan Connolly wrote:
> The attached comment is new information on issues#accessingCollections .
> 
> It seems to me that the algebraic approach to specifying SPARQL
> might making this sort of thing fairly straightforward; i.e.
> the situation looks different to me than it did in Feb 2005
> when we resolved to postpone.
> 
> Does anybody else think it's worth taking another look at this now?