[Fwd: W3C is developing SPARQL Re: RDF Path?]

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Davis, Peter <>
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2004-10-29T18:05:24+00:00
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[Fwd: W3C is developing SPARQL Re: RDF Path?]
FYI.. 

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> Subject: W3C is developing SPARQL Re: RDF Path?
> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:02:17 -0400
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> > I have seen the various RDFPath proposals; can anyone shed some
> light
> > on the issue if there is a planned RDFPath recommendation or
> standard?
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> I think the work that is closest in W3C is the Data Access work
> (querying
> RDF)[1]. They are planning to release a Recommendation - according to
> their schedule [2] they plan to release a last call draft around
> January.
> 
> They have already released a working draft (it is called SPARQL), and
> people are implementing it. It looks more like SQL than Xpath - I'm
> not
> clear how crucial the syntax is to your question.
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> [1] http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/
> [2] http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/#sched
> [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-query/
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> Cheers
> 
> Chaals
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