Re: fed review

On 7/20/2011 11:03 AM, Andy Seaborne wrote:
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> On 20/07/11 15:30, Lee Feigenbaum wrote:
>> On 7/20/2011 10:14 AM, Steve Harris wrote:
>>> On 2011-07-20, at 03:57, Lee Feigenbaum wrote:
>>>>> So, the possible solutions are:
>>>>> - For the SERVICE VAR semantics
>>>>> - add a new operation that could allow the evaluation (operation
>>>>> which wouldn't be bottom-up)
>>>>> - define its whole semantics in a new way
>>>>> - For the boundedness restriction
>>>>> - specify all cases: it may take a bit long
>>>>> - remove it? I do not think this is a good idea, how do we specify
>>>>> then that a variable is bound (which is needed for the evaluation
>>>>> semantics of SERVICE VAR)?
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>>>>> something missing? any other option?
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>>>> As someone who was a bit uncomfortable including it in the first
>>>> place, I'll add another, dramatic option: remove SERVICE VAR from the
>>>> specification altogether.
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>>> That sounds like a good, pragmatic solution, but it would require a
>>> second Last Call, no?
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>> Given that we haven't yet published Last Call for this document, no. :-)
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> If it includes a grammar change, it is a change to the query doc. :-(

Good point, but I will argue vociferously that it's not something that 
should trigger a new LC for query.

Failing winning that argument, I'd "implement" this by keeping the 
grammar as is and putting a line in federated query that says "it is an 
error to follow SERVICE with a variable."

Lee

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