- From: Patrick Stickler <patrick.stickler@nokia.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 10:54:01 +0300
- To: "ext Rob Shearer" <Rob.Shearer@networkinference.com>
- Cc: <public-rdf-dawg@w3.org>
On Apr 01, 2004, at 23:39, ext Rob Shearer wrote: > > > Users should be able to easily author queries by hand using a text > editor. > > The key word in this requirement is "easily". Take a quick look at > XQuery. Obviously several people thought that it was absolutely crucial > that XQueries be encoded in XML, and quite a bit of work went into > defining the XQueryX serialization method for queries. But nobody > really > uses it; it is understood that teaching people how the query language > works using this incredibly verbose syntax would do nothing but put > them > off, and requiring queries to be submitted using this syntax means that > you need complex tools to author queries. Instead there is a concise, > easy-to-read, easy-to-write syntax which puts the language on par with > SQL in terms of query composition by humans. > > If we don't come up with a language that is convenient for mere > mortals, > then it simply won't be adopted widely. I fully agree. My vote is for Turtle. Patrick > > -- Patrick Stickler Nokia, Finland patrick.stickler@nokia.com
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