- From: Seaborne, Andy <andy.seaborne@hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:22:16 +0000
- To: 'RDF Data Access Working Group' <public-rdf-dawg@w3.org>
(This is without any assumptions on the question of whether to have an XML syntax or not.) An abstract syntax means, to me, a way to write down the key concepts of the QL without getting into the detail of a particular serilaization. A quick guess at an abstract syntax - this is pretty much a direct recording of the way that rq23 sets up queries: query ( type = one of ( select , construct , describe , ask) select(vars or * , distinct?) construct (triple template, triple template, ...) describe(list of var or uri) ask() pattern() basic(triple pattern, triple pattern, ...) optional(pattern) union(pattern, pattern, ...) filter(constraint expression) pattern order(order condition, order condition, ...) limit(N) offset(N) ) I'd assume that any concrete syntax has extra features (e.g. prefixes) which it would want to add to the mix. Andy
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