RE: RDF API

Think of it as RDF meets WebDAV. This is not the first time (and also
hopefully not the last) that this combination has been mentioned.

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Sergey Melnik [mailto:melnik@db.stanford.edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 3:08 PM
To: guha@epinions-inc.com
Cc: Dan Brickley; McBride, Brian; RDF-list
Subject: Re: RDF API


Guha wrote:
> 
> There are 2 kinds of APIs.
> 
> (a) An text based API for one machine to ask another
> for information about a particular object (e.g., machine
> A asks machine B for all the contact related information
> for Dan Brickley).

I would refer to it as retrieval protocol + query language. I agree with
Jeff that at least the query language should be represented in RDF. I
wouldn't mind having an RDF-based protocol on top of TCP/IP either (but
many people will find it inconvenient).

> (c) A programatic API for a program to traverse/query
> an RDF graph.

Sergey