Re: SPARQL 1.1 Update

>> While my question was for clarification, not an action, just today a
>> customer asked "how can I find out how many triples were deleted by  
>> this API
>> call?".
>>
>> Without saying either way that the spec should mandate a particular
>> response, I think it's very likely that customers will ask for, and
>> implementations will provide, a useful response to an Update request.
>
> While I can definitely see the use here, I'd push very hard to make
> responses like this OPTIONAL. It would be a cost on our system, though
> I can't comment on others.

Absolutely -- I realize re-reading that my message seemed like "I  
wasn't proposing an action, but now I am", but I actually intended  
nothing more than a note. I was simply remarking on the coincidence  
and the nature of customers :)

Received on Friday, 15 January 2010 02:48:43 UTC