- From: Richard Cyganiak <richard@cyganiak.de>
- Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:21:28 +0100
- To: Juan Sequeda <juanfederico@gmail.com>
- Cc: Souri Das <Souripriya.Das@oracle.com>, ashok.malhotra@oracle.com, RDB2RDF WG <public-rdb2rdf-wg@w3.org>
Juan, On 14 Oct 2010, at 20:09, Juan Sequeda wrote: >> The output graph has to contain information that's in the database >> tables. >> So the tables themselves have to be part of the input. >> > > A relational schema consists of tables. You are right (and so is Ashok), and I was wrong. In my head, a “schema” is something that describes the structure of some data, and is distinct from the “actual” data. That's how the term is used in “XML Schema” and “RDF Schema”. But having started to read the actual definitions of terms in the SQL spec, I now realize that a “SQL-schema” is indeed not just a collection of *table definitions*, but a collection of *tables* (and other stuff), consisting of columns and rows. So a SQL-schema includes the actual data. I will update the draft to reflect that. Sorry for the noise caused by my confusion. A bit embarrassing. Best, Richard
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