Re: XQuery and GET

I apologize, but I only just realized that I hadn't responded to this.

On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:24:03PM -0400, Jonathan Robie wrote:
> At 12:36 PM 10/17/2003, Mark Baker wrote:
> > > There are limits to what fits easily on a URI. A 12 page query with
> > > functions and schema imports probably doesn't naturally fit into this
> > > framework.
> >
> >Probably not, no.  But for smaller, perhaps simpler queries, I think it
> >would be enormously useful.  Where the WG decides to draw this line, I
> >don't know (FLWR??).  But I also wonder if drawing a line may be more
> >work than covering the general case, and then letting your customers
> >(XQuery processor designers and app-developers) decide what's too big to
> >go in a URI. 8-)  That's totally your call, of course, but anything you
> >can do in this direction would be progress, I'd say, and would address
> >my concern.
> 
> Perhaps XPath is the right level for this?

Perhaps, but I feel strongly that any query language on the Web (and
especially those developed in the W3C) should be able to use URIs.  I'm
also not convinced that a general XQuery URI serialization isn't
possible.

Mark.
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Mark Baker.   Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA.        http://www.markbaker.ca

Received on Monday, 12 January 2004 10:49:09 UTC