Re: Comment on: rq25

On 21/12/2009 10:19, Olivier Corby wrote:
> I have some comments on rq25.
>
> Olivier
>
>
>
> The structure of this doucment
> ->
> document
>
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> 8 Negation - Testing for the absence of a pattern
>
> I am not really happy that the EXISTS and NOT EXISTS pattern can be used
> in a filter.

Could you say why that is?

> Should this happen, can it be used with the boolean operators: && || !

Yes it can be combined with any other expressions.  The effect of && can 
be achieved anyway but not ||.

FILTER( EXISTS {?x :tax :exempt} || ?taxCode = :special )

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>
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> This sentence is not clear:
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> In the case where the NOT EXISTS pattern is used, it applies only to
> variables defined earlier in the pattern.

Yes - terrible wording.  I want to rework this section anyway.  The 
point it's trying to make should not be made in an intro paragraph.  it 
trying to say:

{ :x :p ?v .
   NOT EXISTS { ?r :q ?v }
   ?r :p2 ?w
}

does not use ?r from the later pattern.

>
> In the example given, the ?name variable is not defined earlier in the
> pattern:
>
> ?person rdf:type foaf:Person .
> NOT EXISTS { ?person foaf:name ?name }
>
>
>
>
> This sentence is odd:
>
> Translation of a filter expression in that uses NOT EXISTS or EXIST in a
> FILTER proceeds as for all other filter operations.
>
>
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> The example is given twice :
>
> { ?s rdf:type <t>
> NOT EXISTS { ?s <p> ?v }
> ?s :p ?o
> }
>
> Example:
>
> { ?s rdf:type <t>
>
> NOT EXISTS { ?s <p> ?v }
>
> ?s :p ?o
> }
>

I've tried to fix this up- the translation from HTML didn't always work 
cleanly.

 >

...

> 12.1.2 SELECT expressions
>
>
> in the SELCT clause
> ->
> SELECT
>
>
> Question about this sentence:
>
> The new variable is introduced using the keyword AS; it must not already
> be potentially bound.

The algorithm for translation from syntax to the algebra speesl out the 
conditions.

In your example, we have

join(
   { ?doc :price ?price }
   { select ?x (?p + 10) as ?price ... }
)

so ?price  is not potentially bound (it's bottom up evaluation) and 
?price is joined across the two evaluated subexpressions.

Do you have an suggestions for text changes?

>
> What about this case with subquery:
>
> select * where {
> ?doc :price ?price
> {select ?x (?p + 10) as ?price where {
> ?x :price ?p}
> }
> }
>
>
> Typo?
>
> The syntax error arises for use of a variable *in as* the target of AS

Changed - but there isn't a good name for the variable to the right of 
AS being introduced.  Any suggestions, anyone?

> (e.g.
> ... AS ?x) when the variable is used inside the WHERE clause of the SELECT.
>
> Is it an error if the variable is used in ORDER BY, GROUP BY ?
> and in HAVING (in the case of aggregate) ?

No.

>
> What about distinct, does it select distinct values of price ?
>
> select distinct price(?doc) as ?price where {
> ?doc :author ?a
> }

Yes.  DISTINCT is a modifier that happens after the expressions have 
been evaluated and the nre variables bound.

 Andy

Received on Monday, 21 December 2009 14:56:33 UTC