CommentResponse:JP-3

http://www.w3.org/2009/sparql/wiki/CommentResponse:JP-3

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 > (I've sent a version of this to Jorge offlist as discussions aren't 
possible on the comments list).

So he's seen the gist of the reply,

	Andy

On 26/01/11 14:39, Andy Seaborne wrote:
>
>
> On 26/01/11 13:53, Matthew Perry wrote:
>> I think this should work for the sum age query.
>>
>> SELECT SUM(?A)
>> WHERE
>> { ?F :age ?A
>> { SELECT DISTINCT ?F
>> WHERE
>> { :me (:friend)+ ?F } }}
>>
>> It seems that, in general, DISTINCT will work as a there exists query
>> when URIs and blank nodes are the endpoint of a path because we have a
>> one-to-one mapping between URI/BN values and graph vertices, but we get
>> a one-to-many mapping from literal values to vertices.
>
> Yes, that example addresses Jorge's use case and contrasts nicely with
> the basket example where there is a need for duplicate matches from the
> property path itself (although, in the syntax triple patterns are
> property paths of length 1).
>
> Andy

Received on Sunday, 30 January 2011 19:03:11 UTC