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Re: Rich semantics and expressiveness

From: Michael Schneider <m_schnei@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:46:30 +0100
Message-ID: <45DDC8E6.2020708@gmx.de>
To: richard@cyganiak.de
CC: semantic-web@w3.org

Hi, Richard!

Richard Cyganiak wrote on Thu, 22 Feb 2007:

>  I'm not so sure about
> comparisons between data models that are less similar. For example,  
> SQL schemas may contain integrity constraints that use arbitrary SQL  
> expressions, like calculations. These constraints cannot be expressed  
> in OWL. Isn't SQL semantically richer then? 

Oh! I have to admit that I did not think that far. By "relational 
schemes" I just meant collections of table definitions by their 
attributes, together with some basic inter-table relationships like 
foreignkeys. Now, with such general integrity constraints in mind, the 
whole discussion might perhaps get quite another direction. Hm...

Cheers,
Michael
Received on Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:46:39 GMT

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