Re: [sparql-wrapper-devel] SPARQL/Update http post parameter

[Ivan H. <iv...@w3...>]

Sergio Fernández wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 23:21 -0600, Zach Dwiel wrote:
>> I'm trying to use the python-sparqlwrapper library to run
>> SPARQL/Update operations.  In the sparql-wrapper code, the update
>> query is bound to the 'query' parameter in the HTML post. In Joseki's
>> implementation, the query is expected to be bound to the parameter
>> 'request'.
> 
> AFAIK, SPARUL [1] is just an extension for SPARQL Query Language [2].
> The name of that HTTP parameter is defined by other specification, the
> SPARQL protocol [3].
> 
>> Otherwise, maybe something could be changed on the sparql-wrapper side
>> to make this possible.  Previously, I have dealt with this by changing
>> the library to make the query parameter changable ... What do you
>> think?
> 
> While the wrapper uses the mandatory name, I don't want to patch that
> side. But I think it would be nice to propose your patch to Joseki guys,
> in order to align it with other implementations.
> 

I agree. It would become quite unmanageable if we began to chase all
different implementations that do not abide to standards... After all,
that is why standards are for!

Ivan

> Cheers,
> 
> [1] http://www.w3.org/Submission/2008/SUBM-SPARQL-Update-20080715/
> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-query/
> [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-protocol/
> 

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