error reporting (was: Status of comment RC-2)

On 26/09/12 01:13, Arthur Keen wrote:
> Having a standard way to report errors makes sense in general and would
> help newcomers (like Algebraix) in the market, by increasing
> interoperability with existing client libraries and applications.
>   However we agree that it would be risky to add it to the spec right at
> the end of the process and we  do not wish to hold up the
> standardization process for SPARQL 1.1, however we ask that error
> messages be considered in subsequent standardization activity beyond
> SPARQL 1.1

The issue I see is that SPARQL exists in a wider context of standards 
and code.

HTTP is widely (!) deployed and well understood.  Many client-side 
toolkits exist to work with it.

Reuse is good. Adding additional mechanisms is good to make the system 
better for one purpose (SPARQLing) but comes with a cost of making 
general web frameworks toolkits less suitable for app building and adds 
to web developer overload.  This cost is something we all (self 
included) tend to underplay when we are in the midst of a technical design.

	Andy

Received on Thursday, 27 September 2012 11:41:04 UTC