Can you present to the XG on June 13?

Paul:
Would you be able to present to the XG on June 13?
The telcons are at 11AM US Eastern time.
It would be helpful is you could send a pointer to your presentation 
ahead of time.

All the best, Ashok


Paul Tyson wrote:
>
> I am not a member of the XG, but have been following the discussions. 
> It is apparent that there are any number of ways to expose RDB data as 
> RDF, but not so apparent that there are any aspects of these 
> approaches that could or should be standardized.
>
> I suggested in an earlier note 
> (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xg-rdb2rdf/2008Mar/0029.html) 
> that one aspect of standardization that would advance the state of the 
> art is an RDFS or OWL formulation of the relational model itself.  Any 
> method of getting RDB data to RDF has to deal with the relational 
> model either explicitly or implicitly.  By making an explicit model of 
> RDB in RDF, we at least provide a reference point for all 
> implementations.
>
> Here is a rough cut straw man proposal. It has several defects, and 
> raises many questions.  I would like to submit this to the XG for 
> discussion on at least 3 topics:
>     1) the validity and usefulness of the schema itself (or any such 
> schema);
>     2) possible use in automated SQL-SPARQL rewriting (2-way);
>     3) possible use as an intermediate format between RDB and 
> domain-specific ontologies.
>
> @prefix rdfs: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema# .
> @prefix rdf: http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns# .
> @prefix rdb: http://www.w3.org/xg-rdb2rdf/rdb# .
>
> rdb:Relation a rdfs:Class . # a database table
> rdb:relationName a rdf:Property ; # the table name
>     rdfs:domain rdb:Relation .
> rdb:header a rdf:Property ;
>     rdfs:domain rdb:Relation ;
>     rdfs:range rdb:RelationHeader .
> rdb:body a rdf:Property ;
>     rdfs:domain rdb:Relation ;
>     rdfs:range rdb:RelationBody .
> rdb:RelationHeader a rdfs:Bag . # of TypeDefinitions
> rdb:TypeDefinition a rdfs:Class .
> rdb:typeName a rdf:Property ; # of a TypeDefinition or TypedValue
>     rdfs:range rdb:TypeDefinition ;
>     rdfs:range rdb:TypedValue .
> rdb:underlyingType a rdf:Property ; # of a TypeDefinition
>     rdfs:range rdb:TypeDefinition .
> rdb:primaryKey a rdf:Property ; # boolean
>     rdfs:range rdb:TypeDefinition .
> rdb:foreignKey a rdf:Property ; # reference to foreign typeName
>     rdfs:range rdb:TypeDefinition .
> rdb:RelationBody a rdfs:Bag . # of Tuples
> rdb:Tuple a rdfs:Bag . # of TypedValues
> rdb:TypedValue a rdfs:Class .
> rdb:value a rdf:Property ; # of a TypedValue
>     rdfs:range rdb:TypedValue;
>
>

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