[tmql-wg] Proposed changes to existing requirements

[Kal Ahmed]

Lars Marius Garshol wrote:

>We propose that the existing requirements[1] should be changed
>throughout to refer to the SAM as the data model that TMQL should be
>defined on. There are a number of references to *a* data model now,
>but it is not specified clearly which one is meant.
>
>
>Also, we suggest changing 3.1:7 from
>
>  "The TMQL standard may define a distributed addressing scheme for
>  topic maps."
>
>to
>
>  "TMQL should be able to query topic maps stored in a distributed
>  fashion on different TMQL processors."
>
>  
>
Are you saying that TMQL should define a mechanism for aggregating 
results sets ? Or that TMQL will define a mechanism for accessing 
distributed TMQL processors (e.g. by specifying a web service interface 
that a TMQL implementation must support) ?

If the former, then +1, but make it clearer in the requirement. "TMQL 
should define a mechanism for aggregating results sets".
If the latter then -1. It is important, no doubt, but should be tackled 
by a separate standard/recommendataion.

>And, we suggest removing 3.5:4
>
>  "If value equality for topic map objects is not defined by the
>  topic map data model it shall be defined by the TMQL standard."
>
>since the SAM does do this.
>
>  
>
+1

>Finally, we suggest changing what was 3.5:9 from
>
>  "The syntax of URIs within TMQL queries shall be governed by the
>  rules of RFC 2396."
>
>to be as follows in the new requirements document, where it will be
>3.5:8: 
>
>  "The syntax of URIs within TMQL queries shall be governed by the
>  rules of RFC 2396 as modified by RFC 2732."
>  
>
+/- 0 until I read what the modifications made by RFC 2732 are...unless 
you can elaborate on this for me.

Cheers,

Kal