- From: Jonathan Robie <Jonathan.Robie@SoftwareAG-USA.com>
- Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 17:06:37 -0500
- To: Jim Davis <jrd3@alum.mit.edu>, www-ql@w3.org
At 09:23 AM 2/28/2001 -0800, Jim Davis wrote: >Moreover, requirement 3.2.1 says "One query language syntax MUST be >expressed in XML in a way that reflects the underlying structure of the >query. " This requirement seems to me to be unmet by the syntax as proposed. Right. The XML syntax has not yet been released. >For that matter, I would take issue with the first part of 3.2.1, that >says "One query language syntax MUST be convenient for humans to read and >write". In my experience in digital library systems, humans do not >typically construct query expressions directly by typing, rather they use >a GUI, and some automated system constructs the query. I constantly hear this opinion. I also constantly hear the opinion that programmers also write queries by hand. Wanna bet that people would complain, especially SQL-programmers, if we abandoned the human readable syntax? >But perhaps I should address that point in a different forum? If you want this to be formal feedback to the query working group, you should send your comments to the XML Query comments list (www-xml-query-comments@w3.org). Jonathan
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