- From: Richard Cyganiak <richard@cyganiak.de>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:04:27 +0100
- To: RDB2RDF WG <public-rdb2rdf-wg@w3.org>
I was surprised to find in today's minutes [1] a resolution to change the design of R2RML, related to ISSUE-2 [2]: [[ RESOLUTION: R2RML is defined in terms of an input RDF graph. For interoperability simplicity, implementations SHOULD accept at least Turtle input. ]] I'm afraid I have to object to this and register a strong -1. The consequence of this decision is that one can have two conforming R2RML implementations that do not interoperate. Furthermore, one cannot write test cases that a conforming R2RML implementation MUST pass. Furthermore, one cannot write a “Hello, World” R2RML document that works in every conforming R2RML implementation. Furthermore, one cannot write a tutorial or book on R2RML with examples that are guaranteed to work in every conforming R2RML implementation. Furthermore, one cannot create an R2RML-generating application (such as a visual mapping editor) that writes output that is guaranteed to work in every conforming R2RML implementation. This is unacceptable and I formally object to this change and demand that the current design of R2RML remains unchanged in this regard. Richard [1] http://www.w3.org/2011/06/28-rdb2rdf-minutes.html [2] http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/rdb2rdf/track/issues/2
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