- From: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 00:40:07 +0000
- To: RDF Data Access Working Group <public-rdf-dawg@w3.org>
On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 02:05:34PM +0000, Dave Beckett wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 08:19:05 -0500, Kendall Clark <kendall@monkeyfist.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 12:15:07PM +0000, Dave Beckett wrote: > > > ISSUE: Commas or no commas > > > I've already seen user confusion when they tried to use ','s inside > > > WHERE (s, p, o) and omitting them outside with SELECT ?x ?y. I've > > > mentioned this many times as likely to happen. It's hard to remember. > > > > I also find this confusing. I'd prefer commas in both places. iTQL > > doesn't require commas between the parts of a triple, and I continue > > to find that v. hard to read. > > I don't care either way. I just prefer commas required or commas banned. Strongly agreed. > i.e. either of: > > a) > SELECT ?x ?y ?z > FROM <uri1> <uri2> <uri3> > WHERE (?x ?y ?z) > > b) > SELECT ?x, ?y, ?z > FROM <uri1>, <uri2>, <uri3> > WHERE (?x, ?y, ?z) (?x, ?a, ?b) > > and not where we are now: > c) > SELECT ?x ?y, ?z ?a, ?b > FROM <uri1> <uri2> , <uri3> > WHERE (?x ?y ?z) (?x ?a ?b) > > I think a) reads better but it's a weak preference +0, weak against to b) -0 and -1 to c) Same here. - Steve
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