On Apr 19, 2013, at 07:44, Mark Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > Kingsley, > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Kingsley Idehen > <[email protected]> wrote: >> The global Web is a functional Data Space equipped with a declarative query >> language based on the Web's architectural essence (URIs and HTTP). It can >> work, and will work. The challenge is getting folks to hone in to what >> possible circa. 2013 :-) > > I can accept that definition of "query language", and agree... but > don't believe we need a separate query language to do these new > things. > > The original query language you describe is what makes the Web, the > Web. We can't just swap it out and expect the resulting architecture > to still be the Web and exhibit its same desirable architectural > properties. > > There are solutions to these problems within the constraints of REST. > Let's explore those first before jumping to the conclusion that we > need to expose SPARQL.
+1. There is more work to be done in this direction. Regards, Dave -- http://about.me/david_wood > > Mark. >
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