- From: Steve Harris <steve.harris@garlik.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:25:23 +0000
- To: Paul Gearon <gearon@ieee.org>
- Cc: "public-rdf-dawg@w3.org Group" <public-rdf-dawg@w3.org>
On 18 Jan 2010, at 20:10, Paul Gearon wrote: > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Steve Harris <steve.harris@garlik.com > > wrote: >> From what I can tell of section 4.1.3 of >> http://www.w3.org/2009/sparql/docs/update-1.1/Overview.xml >> ";" is being used to join operations in SPARQL Update. >> >> I fear that this will cause far too much confusion in people >> familiar with >> SQL. >> >> Has there been some WG decision in this area? If so apologies, and >> I've >> missed it in the minutes. > > Thanks Steve, I missed this. I'll fix it now. Great, there are two instances in 4.1.3. > I was supposed to remove it, and just leave in the comment that we're > still discussing the syntax to use to avoid ambiguity. (I prefer > DELETE WHERE over semicolons, but I'll wait until I see some agreement > before committing to it). I don't fully understand the options, but I'm pretty sure that joining ";"s would be my least favourite :) - Steve -- Steve Harris, Garlik Limited 2 Sheen Road, Richmond, TW9 1AE, UK +44 20 8973 2465 http://www.garlik.com/ Registered in England and Wales 535 7233 VAT # 849 0517 11 Registered office: Thames House, Portsmouth Road, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9AD
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