Submission request to W3C (W3C Team Comment)
We, W3C Members:
hereby submit to the Consortium the following specification, comprising the following document(s) attached hereto:
which collectively are referred to as "the submission". We request the submission be known as the SPIN submission.
This document contains a proposal for a SPARQL Inferencing Notation (SPIN). Based on RDF, RDF Schema and SPARQL, SPIN implements a rule and constraints language that aligns well with the vision of the Semantic Web and Linked Data, and is easy to implement and understand. SPIN uses an RDF based syntax for SPARQL that makes it possible to share SPARQL queries and update operations together with other RDF resources. In particular, this notation makes it possible to link RDFS/OWL classes with rules and constraints that formalize the semantics of the instances of those classes. Generic SPARQL engines can be used to execute those rules and constraints, lowering the implementation costs and learning curve. SPIN also provides a vocabulary to describe executable SPARQL functions that can be used to extend the range of available functions to a SPARQL processor in a platform independent way. Finally, SPIN includes a mechanism to formalize and share SPARQL query templates. These templates make it possible to build higher level modeling languages from reusable building blocks.
The authors expect to continue evolution of SPIN until such time as a W3C SPARQL Inferencing Notation working group is formed. After that time, we would expect future versions to be produced by W3C process.
The below statements concerning Copyrights, Trade and Service Marks, and Patents, have been made by the following people on behalf of themselves and their affiliated organizations:
Each organization, respectively, hereby grants to the W3C, a perpetual, nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide right and license under any of its copyrights in this contribution to copy, publish and distribute the contribution under the W3C document licenses.
Additionally, should the Submission be used as a contribution towards a W3C Activity, each organization grants a right and license of the same scope to any derivative works prepared by the W3C and based on, or incorporating all or part of, the contribution. Each organization further agrees that any derivative works of this contribution prepared by the W3C shall be solely owned by the W3C.
We agree that the trade and service marks that are associated with and identify this specific submission (SPARQL Inferencing Notation and SPIN) will be governed by the W3C Trademark and Servicemark License.
TopQuadrant, OpenLink Software and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute agree to offer licenses according to the W3C Royalty-Free licensing requirements described in section 5 of the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy for any portion of the Submission that is subsequently incorporated in a W3C Recommendation.
Additionally, all co-authors claim to have no personal knowledge of any IPR claims help by their respective organizations regarding SPIN.
We suggest that the Consortium consider this as a starting point for work in a new working group within the Semantic Web Activity.
To help with this work, TopQuadrant expects, but does not commit, to be able to provide one member of the working group. Other of the creators also expect to be able to serve on the working group.
Inquiries from the public or press about this submission should be directed to the authors.
this 22th day of February, 2011,
Holger Knublauch, TopQuadrant
Kingsley Idehen, OpenLink Software
James A. Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute