Re: ISSUE-48 (sql-datatypes): Mapping SQL datatypes to RDF

On 7/6/11 1:11 PM, RDB2RDF Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:
> ISSUE-48 (sql-datatypes): Mapping SQL datatypes to RDF
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> http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/rdb2rdf/track/issues/48
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> Raised by: Richard Cyganiak
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> Neither R2RML nor the Direct Mapping currently specify how exactly SQL types are mapped to RDF.
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> To address this, a careful comparison of standard SQL types and XSD types is required.
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> Part of this problem is the question of vendor-specific types. Most databases use vendor-specific types. Their treatment (even if it is: ignore these columns) has to be specified.
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Map to ANSI SQL Types, and then from ANSI SQL Types to XSD types.

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Received on Wednesday, 6 July 2011 12:23:11 UTC