RE: My task from last week: Semantic free identifiers

We've faced the problem of formulating SPARQL queries using alphanumeric identifiers, and have developed software to make queries using the labels :

http://www.slideshare.net/elmccarthy/sparql-assist-language-neutral-query-composer


http://sadiframework.org/content/2010/11/29/sparql-assist-language-neutral-query-composer/


m.

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> From: public-semweb-lifesci-request@w3.org [mailto:public-semweb-lifesci-
> request@w3.org] On Behalf Of James Malone
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 4:47 AM
> To: HCLS
> Subject: My task from last week: Semantic free identifiers
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On last week's call I was tasked with contacting Chris and Alan
> regarding the form of the Relations Ontology URIs. There was some
> concern that the current text fragment (e.g. part_of) would be replaced
> with a semantic free identifier (e.g. RO_0000001). They confirmed this
> is the case. The discussion stemmed from concern that our Atlas Triples
> use predicates which are also in this form and there was a concern that
> it makes querying harder. Alan Ruttenberg had the following useful
> suggestion (I would also be keen to know if this resolves the concerns
> on the call or if I missed something more fundamental)
> 
> for sparql they can write:
> 
> prefix part_of:<http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0000000>
> 
> then query:
> 
> ?a part_of: ?b
> 
> SPARQL processors should allow something like:
> 
> @include_prefixes<http://foo.org/ro_prefixes.txt>
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> James
> 
> 
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