Re: RIF and RDB2RDF

Hi Axel:
The proposal is that RIF be one possible syntax for the mapping 
language, not the only syntax, correct?

Seems reasonable.  A rule consists of 2 parts and in our case the parts 
may be, say, the name of an OWL class and the SQL query that can be used 
to query that class,

All the best, Ashok


Axel Polleres wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> unfortunately due to technical problems, we couldn't discuss the 
> RIF-RDB2RDF liaison in more detail today in the call.
>
> So, let us take this on mail:
>
> Please look throught the slides at
> http://esw.w3.org/topic/Rdb2RdfXG?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=RIF4RDB2RDF.pdf 
>
>
> The general idea behind this presentation was to give you a glimpse 
> over RIF's current presentation syntax and saome very simple example 
> how an RDB2RDF mapping could be expressed using RIF rules.
>
> That would make RIF an exchange format for such mappings.
>
> RIF has the notion of "dialects", which is special RIF subsets which 
> maybe propose special built-in functions and datatypes and may even 
> define their own surface syntax.
>
> The idea I have is:
>
> We should put on the charter proposal for a WG that such a WG should 
> define a RIF dialect for describing RDB2RDF mappings.
> ... possibly with an own/adapted presentation syntax, but also with a 
> RIF compatible XML syntax.
>
> Feedback/comments welcome!
>
>
>
> best,
> Axel
>

Received on Friday, 7 November 2008 20:05:54 UTC