IRC log of sparql on 2010-12-08

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15:57:08 [LeeF]
zakim, room for 6?
15:57:10 [Zakim]
ok, LeeF; conference Team_(sparql)15:57Z scheduled with code 772775 (SPARQL) for 60 minutes until 1657Z
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rrsagent, make logs world
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thanks
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Team_(sparql)15:57Z has now started
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+SteveH
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+LeeF
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+kasei
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+[IPcaller]
15:58:44 [AndyS]
zakim, IPcaller is me
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+AndyS; got it
15:58:48 [LeeF]
pgearon, going to join us?
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coincidentally, I'm dialing now
15:59:26 [SteveH]
can we have error message returns on the agenda? there was a lot of discussion on the list, but not recently
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normal number?
15:59:37 [LeeF]
yup
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code 772775
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+pgearon
16:02:11 [kasei]
Zakim, pick an editor
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I don't understand 'pick an editor', kasei
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:)
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:D
16:03:51 [LeeF]
http://www.w3.org/2009/sparql/docs/protocol-1.1/
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http://www.w3.org/2009/sparql/docs/protocol-1.1/#update-operation
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topic: content of an update request
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"""
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Abstractly, the contents of the In Message of SparqlProtocol's update operation is an
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instance of an XML Schema complex type, called st:update-request, composed of one further
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part: one SPARQL update string. The SPARQL update string,
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identified by one update type, is defined by
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[SPARQL] as "a sequence of characters in the language defined by the [SPARQLUpdate] grammar, starting with the SPARQLUpdate
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production".
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"""
16:04:50 [AndyS]
AndyS: Issue: what does a client send for a SPARQL Update request? www-form or application/sparql-update and a body
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http://sparql/endpoint?update=<contents of update request>
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q+
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ack SteveH
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SteveH: 4store & 5store use POST form encoding
16:07:26 [AndyS]
application/x-www-form-urlencoded vs application/sparql-update
16:07:27 [kasei]
you can post to that, but the update= part isn't the post data.
16:08:13 [LeeF]
LeeF: never an intention to do it over GET
16:08:18 [AndyS]
You can mix and match : some in ?x=, some in body as x=
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POST /uri
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...
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update=.....
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Fuseki uses request=
16:11:41 [LeeF]
AndyS: if we put whttp:inputSerialization of application/sparql-update, can we POST the update request directly?
16:12:14 [LeeF]
SteveH: we did it this way because it seemed easier for clients at the time
16:12:18 [LeeF]
AndyS: depends on the client
16:12:27 [LeeF]
... in ruby without extra gems, doing straight POST is easier
16:14:45 [LeeF]
AndyS: if it's a form you can't stream a massive load straight into the database
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LeeF: straight post of update request wouldn't allow other parameters
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AndyS: other parameters could go in query string
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LeeF: not sure how that works in WSDL specification
16:17:24 [kasei]
I would like to see support for both.
16:23:45 [LeeF]
ACTION: Lee to look up how whttp:inputSerialization="application/sparql-update" would work and whether additional parameters could be included in the request URI query string
16:23:46 [trackbot]
Created ACTION-341 - Look up how whttp:inputSerialization="application/sparql-update" would work and whether additional parameters could be included in the request URI query string [on Lee Feigenbaum - due 2010-12-15].
16:25:00 [LeeF]
topic: Other arguments in update protocol requests
16:25:29 [AndyS]
USING and USING NAMED -- affect the WHERE part of an operation (not set whole request)
16:25:45 [pgearon]
like LeeF, I expected we would have similar names in the protocol
16:25:57 [SteveH]
me too
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...but we've not implemented it
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16:33:43 [LeeF]
LeeF: what do we do if WSDL does not give us a way to specify that one of the arguments (the update request string) get POSTed directly in the content body and the other two arguments get communicated in the query string
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AndyS & SteveH: let's cross that bridge if/when we get to it
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SteveH: concerned that mixing POST body content and query string parameters won't sit well with some systems
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SteveH: concerned that will be tough with some server tool sets
16:35:51 [AndyS]
RFC 3986 : Section 3 -> queryString is valid in any URI
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LeeF: when this gets into the document, we can ask for implementor feedback on POSTing with body content and arguments in the parameters
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topic: response content
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http://www.w3.org/2009/sparql/track/issues/60
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for update requests that succeed
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200 response code?
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no concept of update return values in SPARQL Update language
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AndyS: fuseki returns text/plain with human-oriented success message
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... 204 (no content)
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Case 1 : form => 200 and text Case 2 : direct POST => 204
16:41:36 [pgearon]
Mulgara (which has its own protocol for the moment), sends back 20x responses. If relevant, an extra header is added for extra info. (eg. triples inserted)
16:43:06 [LeeF]
SteveH: we return 200 and text/plain content
16:44:29 [kasei]
I'd be happy with SHOULD 200 with text/plain, allowing people to add more structured data and/or use other 2XX values if they have a good reason to...
16:46:52 [LeeF]
What if we just say MUST return a 2xx response code
16:47:08 [SteveH]
yup
16:48:49 [kasei]
202 is accepted
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201 is created
16:50:28 [AndyS]
HTTP spec says 200 or 204 for POST , also 201 and 303
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Ahh - POST - 303 - GET design
16:51:21 [kasei]
to avoid hitting reload causing problems
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topic: faults and error messages
16:55:14 [AndyS]
Leef: can we not define anything specific, and suggest via examples?
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(for SC to POST)
16:55:51 [LeeF]
What explicit faults do we define? For each fault, what HTTP response code does it correspond with? How can error messages / error details be communicated?
17:01:05 [LeeF]
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-dawg-comments/2010Sep/0002.html
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http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-dawg-comments/2010Oct/0011.html
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http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-dawg-comments/2010Oct/0009.html
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1. Protocol specifies that error messages SHOULD be communicated in XHTML
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2. Tha XHTML should contain the details of the error in a predictable place
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2a. an element with a particular, well-known id="..."
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2b. with RDFa
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2c. with a particular class
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http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-dawg-comments/2010Oct/0023.html
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"406 Not Acceptable" seems the one
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-----> proposes extending SPARQL XML format
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curl -I -H 'Accept: nonsuch/type' http://apache.org/
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returns a 200, and some HTML
17:13:06 [LeeF]
final message in thread - http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-dawg-comments/2010Oct/0035.html - suggests just getting text/plain errors
17:20:24 [AndyS]
+1 to JSON-powered clients.
17:20:50 [LeeF]
SteveH: Richard C's message seems to indicate that text/plain is the most common option
17:21:54 [pgearon]
I'd like to see human text/plain for a human readable message, and optional X- headers for extra structured information
17:21:55 [LeeF]
do nothing or suggest tex/tplain?
17:22:05 [kasei]
leaning slightly towards doing nothing for fear of blocking future decisions.
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:|
17:28:07 [AndyS]
RFC1867 HTTP file upload
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http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5789
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PATCH http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5789
17:36:07 [kasei]
I think we should punt on this
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"""
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If
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the operation does not modify the resource identified by the Request-
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URI in a predictable way, POST should be considered instead of PATCH
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or PUT.
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"""
17:37:26 [kasei]
oof
17:38:28 [kasei]
you get the SD
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pgearon: thinks PATCH is very good for sparql update over the protocol
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general like of PATCH, extra status codes, etc.
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general feeling that it might be too new for us to take up at this point in time
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observation that PATCH requires atomicity
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observation about lack of clarity around what the Request-URI is and how that affects appropriateness of PATCH
17:42:05 [kasei]
yeah
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SteveH: protocol document should point out that doing a GET on the endpoint gives you the SD
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kasei: should be a SHOULD
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SteveH: discourage people from doing backup/restore on the store by doing GET/PUT on the endpoint
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s/should be/is/ in the current SD document
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-LeeF
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-SteveH
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-pgearon
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RRSAgent, make minutes
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/12/08-sparql-minutes.html LeeF
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-AndyS
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-kasei
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Team_(sparql)15:57Z has ended
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Attendees were SteveH, LeeF, kasei, AndyS, pgearon
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RRSAgent, make minutes public
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I'm logging. I don't understand 'make minutes public', LeeF. Try /msg RRSAgent help
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RRSAgent, make logs world
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