- From: Seaborne, Andy <andy.seaborne@hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:37:31 +0000
- To: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Cc: RDF Data Access Working Group <public-rdf-dawg@w3.org>, "Bebee, Bradley R." <BRADLEY.R.BEBEE@saic.com>
Dan Connolly wrote: > On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 09:33 -0500, Kendall Clark wrote: > >>On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 08:20:33AM -0600, Dan Connolly wrote: >> >> >>>Inference affects the input graph. Our tests state the input >>>graph explicitly. >> >>This amounts to an implicit prohibition against inference being done >>on that graph. >> >>Does the test suite say that anywhere? The Sparql spec doesn't say >>that, of course, which could be confusing. > > > Hmm... yes, the test suite should be more explicit... let's see... > the docs currently say "A query action requires two items: the > query and the dataset." > -- http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/tests/README.html > $Revision: 1.5 $ > > How about adding... > > "The dataset gives the exact graph against which the query is > evaluated (no further inference is used to determine the > input graph)." > > Bonus points if you can link explicitly to the definitions > such as... > > "A Pattern Solution of Graph Pattern GP on graph G is any > substitution S such that S(GP) is a subgraph of G." > -- http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/rq23/#GraphPatternMatching > > Andy, your name is on the README document, but I tend to think > of Steve as test editor. Any preference on where I direct requests > like this? Or should I Just Do It and let you guys undo it if you > don't like? I think my name is there merely because I put together the first draft. As Steve is test editor, it makes more sense to me to have Steve's name there. Andy > > The SPARQL QL spec is already explict enough, to me, but Kendall > if you can think of a way to make it more explicit, very well, > but keep in mind that the QL is sorta orthogonal to inference. > > The protocol spec (perhaps in some future version, or in > a companion "discovery vocabulary" document) is where I > expect to actually see mechanisms for querying "the RDFS closure > of X, Y, and Z" and such, as I touched on in earlier messages... > > > RE: Test cases: source of a triple > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-dawg/2004JulSep/0363.html > > > Re: DESCRIBE - description of a resource > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-dawg/2004OctDec/0346.html > > > > >>Explicit being better than implicit, I would be less bothered by this >>if the test suite (document, whatever) made this implicit prohibition >>against inference explicit. >> >>Kendall Clark
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