[OK?] SPARQL: W3C QA Guidelines conformance

oops, forgot to put [OK?] in the subject...

On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 09:15:38AM -0500, Eric Prud'hommeaux wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 02:06:44AM +0200, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
> > 
> > Dear RDF Data Access Working Group,
> > 
> >   http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-rdf-sparql-query-20050721/ does not
> > conform to <http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/PR-qaframe-spec-20050629/>
> > (e.g., there is no conformance clause, keywords like "must" are not
> > defined), please change the draft such that it does.
> 
> Thank you for your comment. The editor's draft now has a conformance
> section [CNF]. Since SPARQL Query does not define an implementation,
> we rely on SPARQL Protocol to define conformance.
> [[
> B Conformance
> 
> See appendix A grammar regarding conformance of _SPARQL Query
> strings_, and section 10 Query Result Forms for conformance of query
> results. See appendix E. Internet Media Type for conformance to the
> application/sparql-query media type.
> 
> This specification is intended for use in conjuction with the SPARQL
> Protocol [SPROT] and the SPARQL Query Results XML Format
> [RESULTS]. See those specifications for their conformance criteria.
> 
> Note that the SPARQL protocol describes an abstract interface as well
> as a network protocol, and the abstract interface may apply to APIs as
> well as network interfaces.
> ]]
> 
> If this is satisfactory, please indicate so in a response (with
> [CLOSED] in the subject, if you wish). If not, please send more 
> feedback.
> 
> [CNF] http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/rq23/#conformance



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