Re: [BioRDF] RDF query languages

On Mar 8, 2006, at 9:27 AM, Lee Feigenbaum wrote:

>
> Duncan Hull wrote on 03/06/2006 04:00:11 AM:
>> chris mungall wrote:
>>
>>> I think both approaches are a little too XML-centric; fine for a few
>>> use cases but in general the syntax obscures the declarative
>>> semantics  of the mapping which must be kept as perspicuous as
>>> possible. Why not  just use an RDF query language?
>>
>>
>> Agreed. The thing with RDF is that there are so many query  
>> languages to
>> choose from :)
>>
>> http://www.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/WBS/pha/rdf-query/
>
> Of course, the best bet would likely be to go with SPARQL[1], the RDF
> Query Language defined by the W3C RDF Data Access Working Group  
> (DAWG)[2].
> The DAWG produces specifications for both the query language and a
> protocol to issue queries and receive results (either as an RDF  
> graph or
> as an XML representation of a result set).

+1

http://esw.w3.org/topic/DawgShows additionally might be of use to  
some interested in learning more about SPARQL.

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Received on Wednesday, 8 March 2006 14:45:16 UTC