Re: namespaces

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On 02/07/12 08:31, Polleres, Axel wrote:
> http://www.w3.org/ns/sparql#
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> was added to contain all SPARQL functions. If I remember correctly, the agreement was that all the functions we have defined in SPARQL1.1 (incl. the old ones from SPARQL1.0) have a URI in this namespace, even if they have equivalents in XPath or RIF).
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Paul Gearon [mailto:pgearon@revelytix.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, 28 June 2012 10:13 PM
>> To: SPARQL Working Group
>> Subject: namespaces
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>> Hi all,
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>> In the work I'm doing we're looking at mapping External
>> functions into their SPARQL equivalents. That's OK for XPath
>> and RIF built-ins (where equivalent functions exist), but
>> there are a few functions that only occur in SPARQL. In this
>> case we want to use namespaces like sfn:.
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>> The Query document mentions the sfn: namespace in 1.2.1,
>> though it's not referenced again. It also points to the list at:
>>    http://www.w3.org/2009/sparql/wiki/SPARQL_Namespaces
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>> This list includes functions from SPARQL 1.0. From memory,
>> nothing was formally approved for 1.0, though there is the page at:
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>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-dawg/2006AprJun
>> /att-0138/sparql-function-uri.html
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>> So I'm wondering if there has been any acceptance of these
>> old 1.0 URIs, and what may have happened with the new
>> functions in 1.1. We're also concerned about not knowing the
>> case to use for the fragment portion of URIs (since the case
>> varies throughout the SPARQL query document, yet URIs are
>> case sensitive).
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>> I remember there being some discussion around URIs a while
>> back, but I don't recall anything coming of it beyond what
>> I've mentioned. I also note that the page corresponding to
>> the location specified by the sfn:
>> namespace has only a single function in it (bound), and there
>> is a note in the Query document saying it ought to be
>> populated. If it does get populated, then having a link to
>> that page from the query document would be useful as well (it
>> seems archaic to have to copy/paste to follow a link).
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>> Have I missed what transpired wrt to namespaces, or did the
>> discussion stall? If it's stalled, then I'm loathe to
>> introduce new work, but I do need to refer to the SPARQL
>> functions, and I don't want to be minting my own URIs to do it.
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>> Regards,
>> Paul Gearon
>> Revelytix, Inc
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