RE: [Sparql4j-devel] Ping

[Seaborne, A. <and...@hp...>]

-------- Original Message --------
> From: Janne Saarela <>
> Date: 1 November 2005 19:37
>=20
> Thanks for the ping acks to everybody.
>=20
> > what is the architecture you have in mind, building on top of ARQ
and
> > Jena the first prototype? or consider other Java APIs like JRDF as=20
> > well as Kowari and OpenRDF/Sesame?

This is just my initial thoughts and I'm open to all other
possibiliities.

I believe thevalue in sparql4j is to be a bridge from non-RDF
applications to Semantci Web repositories.  This would imply that the
client side is "RDF free" or rather knows about RDF terms (literals,
bNodes, URIs) but not RDF graphs. It's (at least initially) about making
SELECT queries to a SPARQL server with presentation of results in a JDBC
library fashion.

The connection could be HTTP, SOAP or native (e.g. direct connect for
efficiency).  Sesame's binary result format is interesting.  SPARQL XML
Results should be an option for compatibility.

>=20
> Let's start with a design document that matches with the high-level
goal
> of creating the client side driver code that can be used across all
> SPARQL protocol and SPARQL query language compliant query engines.
>=20
> I'm ready to make the 1st draft and I'll probably log it to cvs=20

Good idea - and thanks for kicking this off.

> - please
> have the skeleton cvs project imported in the meantime.

Done!  I'm an Eclipse user so checking in a self contained project is
good, if we are all Eclipse users or it does not get in the way

	Andy

>=20
> Once the design is settled, I will be asking you again what parts you
> feel like contributing to.
>=20
> Regards,
> Janne
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