Andy, Is that information on a webpage somewhere? I'd like to be able to point to it in any posts.
thx, Claude On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 9:12 AM, Andy Seaborne <a...@apache.org> wrote: > We're gearing up for the Jena 2.10.0 and we'd like to ask for your help > testing it before the release. > > This is not an incremental release and so we are especially asking for > feedback to make the transition as smooth a possible. > > Key changes are: > > * Reification - "Minimal" and "Convenient" styles have been removed. > * New RDF 1.1 Turtle parser tracking the developing standard > * A single maven artifact to include Jena in your maven project > * Changes to the way storage subsystems provide SPARQL Update > > The snapshot repository is: > > https://repository.apache.org/**content/repositories/** > snapshots/org/apache/jena/<https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots/org/apache/jena/> > > and the download is in directory apache-jena. Please use the latest > 2.10.0-SNAPSHOT (there are nightly builds so 'latest' is down the bottom if > is more then one). > > You can find out which version have by running the SPARQL script with > --version. > > We have undertaken some internal simplification and while we are not > intending to cause change, we also recognize that some applications may be > depending on internal code in ways we don't know about. > > We would most grateful for reports in the next 2 weeks of successful use > or any problems arising. > > Andy > > > == apache-jena-libs > > There is a new maven artifact to help applications by providing a single > maven artifact that include the main Jena modules. > > <dependency> > <groupId>org.apache.jena</**groupId> > <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</**artifactId> > <type>pom</type> > <version>2.10.0</version> > </dependency> > > Note the use of <type>pom</type> > > BY using this artifact, applications will not be affected by any future > changes to the internal development module structure of Jena. > > See > http://jena.staging.apache.**org/download/maven.html<http://jena.staging.apache.org/download/maven.html> > > == RIOT Reader > > There is a new RDF parser subsystem, which includes > > * improved content negotiation > * the ability to register new parsers into Jena > * alignment to RDF 1.1 Turtle > * features apply when applications use model.read > > http://jena.apache.org/**documentation/io/index.html<http://jena.apache.org/documentation/io/index.html> > > The package name org.openjena.riot becomes org.apache.jena.riot. > > There is some compatibility code in org.openjena.riot. Operations are > deprecated and will be removed after this release. > > Call > > org.apache.jena.riot.RIOT.**init() > > to ensure it is initialized if in doubt but it should automatically be > used by model.read. > > Test: > > model.read("data.ttl") > > will read a local Turtle file. > > == Streaming Update > > The SPARQL Update engine has been re-architected to make the fundamental > execution of SPARQL Updates streamable. > > There is no change to applications using SPARQL Update. > > There are changes to the interface for storage systems that make special > provision for SPARQL Update. If you are migrating such a storage system, > do talk to the developers on d...@jena.apache.org if you have any > questions or suggestions for improvements. > > == Portuguese Translations of the tutorial > > Guilherme Cavalcanti has provided a Portuguese translation of the > tutorials. > > http://jena.staging.apache.**org/tutorials/<http://jena.staging.apache.org/tutorials/> > > == Reification > > As part of simplifying Jena, the reification styles Convenient and > Minimal are being removed. These need a significant amount of internal > state management and impede scaling beyond storage in memory. > > The only support style is "standard", which as always been the default > style in Jena. Only style "standard" has even been supported by TDB and > SDB. > > Use of the constants for these styles is deprecated and will be treated > as "standard". > > == Internal simplification > > Other simplifications in this release include the removal of the graph > query handler subsystem. This is unrelated to SPARQL and existed in > support of RDQL. > > The graph level bulk query handler has been removed - compatibility for > the Model API for all bulk update is maintained. > > > > > -- I like: Like Like - The likeliest place on the web<http://like-like.xenei.com> Identity: https://www.identify.nu/user.php?cla...@xenei.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren
