Re: can/should a parser join groups?

On 20/08/14 22:44, Ruben Verborgh wrote:
> Hi Andy,
>
>>> Is it a good idea for a parser to do this in general?
>>
>> Probably!
>
> One exception I noted:
>
> SELECT  ?title ?price
> {  ?x ns:price ?p .
>     ?x ns:discount ?discount
>     BIND (?p*(1-?discount) AS ?price)
>     FILTER(?price < 20)
>     ?x dc:title ?title .
> }
>
> According to the spec,
> “BIND ends the basic graph pattern” [1],
> so here we probably don't want to bring the BGPs together?

Correct - adjacent triple patterns and ones separated by FILTER merge 
together.

> Are there any other cases like this?

BIND/OPTIONAL and the rest end the BGP and a new one starts.

	Andy

>
> Thanks,
>
> Ruben
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-query/#assignment
>

Received on Thursday, 21 August 2014 11:15:49 UTC