Serializing datetime

I have also noticed that it is a hassle trying to compare datetime
values from two different SPARQL servers, because the same datetime may
be written with different timezone offsets.  This is less vexing than
xsd:decimal serializations, because at least timezone offsets are
information preserving, but still it makes comparisons more difficult
than they otherwise need to be.

I think the WG should consider defining a default datetime format (such
as UTC or zero timezone offset) that SHOULD be use, while allowing
servers to make this a configurable option.

I assume it is too late in the WG process to consider this for SPARQL
1.1, so please add this to the wish list for the next version.

Thanks!

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David Booth, Ph.D.
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Received on Friday, 20 July 2012 15:21:34 UTC