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

On 6 Jul 2011, at 14:23, Alexandre Bertails wrote:
>> Neither R2RML nor the Direct Mapping currently specify how exactly SQL types are mapped to RDF.
>> 
>> To address this, a careful comparison of standard SQL types and XSD types is required.
>> 
>> 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.
> 
> That's why I specified this mapping first through its type [1]. Then I
> then gave a sense of the intended behavior [2].
> 
> I'll be happy to update [2] if I know which types we want to put there.

And we'll be happy to update the R2RML document if we know which types we want to put there.

Best,
Richard

Received on Thursday, 7 July 2011 12:08:14 UTC