- From: Steve Harris <steve.harris@garlik.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:23:44 +0000
- To: Axel Polleres <axel.polleres@deri.org>
- Cc: "Andy Seaborne" <andy.seaborne@epimorphics.com>, "SPARQL Working Group" <public-rdf-dawg@w3.org>
On 2011-02-14, at 10:59, Axel Polleres wrote: > Related to the issue of ORDER in GROUP_CONCAT we had a mail thread starting at > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-dawg/2010OctDec/0041.html > > and ending at > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-dawg-comments/2010Oct/0001.html > > ... this was then discussed in the TC on 2010-10-26: > > http://www.w3.org/2009/sparql/meeting/2010-10-26#line0100 > > there we had a strawpoll on whether or not we want an order feature in GROUP_CONCAT... > > Options for group_concat: 1) no order_by 2) simple order_by 3) full ordering by expressions (e.g. order by second letter of a word, etc.) > > where a clear majority voted for 1), mainly because of concerns that anything else would not be doable with the remaining time/resources. > > As far as I understand, what is now being discussed is 3), correct? Back in october, no one voted for 3). > Unless someone thinks we have substantial new information, I think we should stick with this position. > > BTW: I just see that, on IRC, in that TC, Steve suggested to make a postponed issue out of it: http://www.w3.org/2009/sparql/meeting/2010-10-26#line0133 but so far we haven't added it as an issue. Right, I see this comment as further evidence that it's worth a (postponed) issue. - Steve -- Steve Harris, CTO, Garlik Limited 1-3 Halford Road, Richmond, TW10 6AW, UK +44 20 8439 8203 http://www.garlik.com/ Registered in England and Wales 535 7233 VAT # 849 0517 11 Registered office: Thames House, Portsmouth Road, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9AD
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