- From: Kendall Clark <kendall@monkeyfist.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:02:03 -0400
- To: Simon Raboczi <raboczi@tucanatech.com>
- Cc: RDF Data Access Working Group <public-rdf-dawg@w3.org>
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:29:36PM +1000, Simon Raboczi wrote: > > Incorporating Dan's suggestions brings us to the following state of > play: > > [[ > 4.5 Querying multiple sources > > It should be possible for a query to specify which of the available RDF > graphs it is to be executed against. If more than one RDF graph is > specified, the result is as it the query had been executed against the > merge[1] of the specified RDF graphs. > > Some services only offer to query one graph; they are considered to > trivially satisfy this objective. > > While a variety of use cases motivate this feature, it is not a > requirement because it is not clear whether this feature can be > implemented in a generally scalable fashion. > ]] Simon, As I read this new language, the only difference between it and the existing language in UC&R is the addition of the third, explanatory paragraph? Is that right? Also, I think I'm becoming convinced about the utility and elegance of yr graph-centric approach, which I like in iTQL (though I have some worries about iTQL syntax, I don't think those are relevant here since BRQL is moving in a diff direction). Kendall
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