IRC log of rdb2rdf on 2010-03-23

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RRSAgent, make logs world
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Zakim, this will be 7322733
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ok, trackbot; I see SW_RDB2RDF()12:00PM scheduled to start now
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Meeting: RDB2RDF Working Group Teleconference
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Date: 23 March 2010
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Chair: Ahmed
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scribenick: mhausenblas
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Agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdb2rdf-wg/2010Mar/0074.html
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rrsagent, draft minutes
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/03/23-rdb2rdf-minutes.html mhausenblas
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rrsagent, make record public
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Topic: Admin
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Zakim, this is 7322733
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ok, MacTed; that matches SW_RDB2RDF()12:00PM
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+Ashok_Malhotra
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regrets+ Harry
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trackbot, start meeting
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Sorry... I don't know anything about this channel
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If you want to associate this channel with an existing Tracker, please say 'trackbot, associate this channel with #channel' (where #channel is the name of default channel for the group)
16:01:55 [MacTed]
grr
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+whalb
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but it's not done it right
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+ +3539149aacc
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else Zakim would have reported my join
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Zakim, who's here?
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On the phone I see [IPcaller], +1.512.471.aaaa, [IPcaller.a], ??P13, +49.322.222.0.aabb, OpenLink_Software, Ashok_Malhotra, whalb, +3539149aacc
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Zakim, cygri is with mhausenblas
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On IRC I see cygri, Zakim, RRSAgent, whalb, Ashok, Ahmed, Marcelo, mhausenblas, MacTed, LeeF, nunolopes, iv_an_ru, trackbot, ericP
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sorry, mhausenblas, I do not recognize a party named 'mhausenblas'
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Zakim, OpenLink_Software is temporarily me
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+MacTed; got it
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Zakim, mute me
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MacTed should now be muted
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+MIT262
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Zakim, aacc is me
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+mhausenblas; got it
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Zakim, cygri is with mhausenblas
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+cygri; got it
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Zakim, MIT262 as LeeF, ericP
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I don't understand 'MIT262 as LeeF, ericP', ericP
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Zakim, nunolopes is with mhausenblas
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+nunolopes; got it
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Zakim, MIT262 has LeeF, EricP
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+LeeF, EricP; got it
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RRSAgent, draft minutes
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/03/23-rdb2rdf-minutes.html mhausenblas
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+Souri
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+Seema
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zakim, who is on the phone?
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On the phone I see [IPcaller], +1.512.471.aaaa, [IPcaller.a], ??P13, +49.322.222.0.aabb, MacTed (muted), Ashok_Malhotra, whalb, mhausenblas, MIT262, Souri, Seema
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MIT262 has LeeF, EricP
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mhausenblas has mhausenblas, cygri, nunolopes
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Are we ready to start?
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harry will not be here today
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zakim, who is speaking?
16:07:19 [MacTed]
Zakim, who's noisy?
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LeeF, listening for 10 seconds I could not identify any sounds
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zakim, listen harder
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I don't understand 'listen harder', LeeF
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MacTed, listening for 10 seconds I heard sound from the following: +49.322.222.0.aabb (80%), ??P13 (40%), mhausenblas (49%)
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Anyone has the URL for the public-rdb2rdf-wg email archive?
16:08:02 [mhausenblas]
Zakim, aabb is Soeren
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+Soeren; got it
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Souri, http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdb2rdf-wg/
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PROPOSAL: accept minutes of previous telecon http://www.w3.org/2010/03/16-rdb2rdf-minutes.html
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+1
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RESOLUTION: group accepted minutes of previous telecon http://www.w3.org/2010/03/16-rdb2rdf-minutes.html
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Ahmed: seems like the discussion on the mailing list seems rather minimal
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... we need to discuss the idea of the two-team approach
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q+ to ask a beginner's question
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+??P11
16:11:16 [Souri]
We have sent an email with links to extended version of our example with a Part 3 that has SPARQL Query and its SQL translation (using the SQLdefString).
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http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdb2rdf-wg/2010Mar/0087.html
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ack LeeF
16:11:40 [Zakim]
LeeF, you wanted to ask a beginner's question
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LeeF: do you view the two approaches as mapping language approaches or implementation specific?
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Orri: IMO a matter of syntax
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... primarily, yes, as of the preferences of the people
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LeeF: that was my understanding as well
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... but got confused when I reviewed the WG's material
16:14:08 [juansequeda]
I think it is Souri
16:14:14 [Seema]
it is Souri
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thanks ;)
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Souri: its about the schema, we need some glue to express it
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... view definition should be rather simple
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Ahmed: Souri, the mapping the query is an orthogonal issue - we're about mapping data
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Souri, the approach you explained sounds very similar to the D2RQ approach, where the "glue" is given via RDF but the ultimate expressivity is given by SQL fragments... i guess the difference is the SQL approach starts with a full-on SQL query/view?
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Souri: we look into mapping a SPARQL to SQL query, re implementation
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RRSAgent, draft minutes
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/03/23-rdb2rdf-minutes.html mhausenblas
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Topic: Update from both SQL & RDF mapping approach teams
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+q
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Orri: Virtuoso is somewhere in the middle of the two approaches
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... experience shows that a SPARQL2SQL mapping is essential similar to D2R approach
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My target audience is definitely _not_ SQL people.
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Orri: the SQL syntax is easier to sell (taking the target audience into consideration)
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... use cases will make the requirements apparent
16:22:23 [cygri]
+1 to everything Souri and Orri said
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Ahmed: can be done either way (put load on user or database)
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ack soeren
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soeren: I think the difference between both approaches is not that big
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... in SQL-based approach the view creation is part up-front
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... if it can be done in SQL, why redo it?
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RRSAgent, draft minutes
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/03/23-rdb2rdf-minutes.html mhausenblas
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Ahmed: agree with Soeren - but you don't need to create a view
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+q
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ack Souri
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Souri: we are *not* creating a view
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q+
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ack Ashok
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Ashok: want to point out that we're a chartered to write a mapping language
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q+
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... sure we need to have a ML implemented but not SPARQL2SQL
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+q
16:29:10 [LeeF]
The charter gives 2 overall use cases for this group's work:
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1) Dumping RDB data into a triple store
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2) SPARQL to SQL translation
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so it seems a little weird to ignore the 2nd overall use case
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soeren: you need a SPARQL2SQL which yields the same
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Ahmed: let's step back - JDBC as an example; all about decoupling
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ack ericP
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ericP: from the spec POV it's nice to say: here is how our mapping works
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... but from the uptake , it needs to be implementable
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... then, performance becomes very relevant
16:32:16 [Ashok]
Lee, where did you see "2) SPARQL to SQL translation" ?
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ericP: Richard, can you confirm that for D2RQ can map always 1:1 in terms of queries?
16:32:27 [Ashok]
It is not in the scope bullets
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cygri: AFAICT, it should be possible to always translate 1:1
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ericP: do you think the underlying algebra (re D2R) exists?
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cygri: for this you need a formal representation for the ML (but this does not exist for D2R)
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... if you want to be sure that everything translates 1:1 we'd need it
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... would be great to have
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ericP: I think we will not have real adoption if we lack this formal semantics
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q?
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Orri: Virtuoso uses proprietary extensions in some cases
16:36:39 [LeeF]
I don't think the question is "can it be done" - the question is, how can I know when I've efficiently handled all cases
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-[IPcaller.a]
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Souri: the aspect 'is it translateable' is not in scope (could be in a certain form)
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ack Souri
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q+
16:38:09 [mhausenblas]
Souri: proofing that a SPARQL query can be translated into x SQL queries, is out of scope
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ack juansequeda
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juansequeda: need the semantics of the mapping language; we just guarantee that it works, not how to implement it
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+q
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q+
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Ahmed: we should ensure that the ML is semantic valid
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ack Souri
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Souri: I disagree
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... we want to expose relational data as RDF
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(explains a simple example)
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Juan: we need both syntax and semantics, so we know what the language means
16:42:55 [Marcelo]
I agree with Juan
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q+
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Souri: with SQL approach, we use the SQL semantics which is well-known ... the semantics of the glue is very simple
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q?
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q+
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soeren: how to be sure that a SPARQL query over your mapping into a SQL query is always possible?
16:45:02 [mhausenblas]
Soeren: that's independent from the mapping, not part of charter of this group
16:45:12 [mhausenblas]
s/Soeren/Souri/ in above
16:45:38 [MacTed]
Zakim, unmute me
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MacTed should no longer be muted
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q+
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ack Souri
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can you guarantee that any SQL query can be executed?
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RRSAgent, draft minutes
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/03/23-rdb2rdf-minutes.html mhausenblas
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especially, within reasonable time?
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q+
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q-
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(Ahmed and Souri discuss SQL details)
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q?
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ack ericP
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ericP: we have a rough equivalence between SPARQL and SQL, beside the fact that the latter is much more epxressive
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... for example SQL views
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... if I use a trivial representation of relational data as, say XML
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(ericP has lost the scribe and will fill in the missing bits of his interesting example after the meeting)
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Souri: what is the mapping language, really?
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q?
16:53:59 [cygri]
q+ to agree with Souri
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juansequeda: 1:1 is simple, do we have 1:many use cases?
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MacTed: does it make sense to give such a query-mapping gurantee?
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soeren: every valid SQL is; we should at least define which ones are guaranteed to be mapped
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q-
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MacTed: not saying it is efficient - might take forever
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ack MacTed
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-Soeren
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Zakim, mute me
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MacTed should now be muted
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soeren_ has joined #RDB2RDF
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ericP: I ended up owning the UC doc
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soeren has already dropped from the call
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ACTION: ericP to review the UC and report back to the WG
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Sorry, couldn't find user - ericP
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ACTION: eric to review the UC and report back to the WG with requests for more details
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Created ACTION-36 - Review the UC and report back to the WG with requests for more details [on Eric Prud'hommeaux - due 2010-03-30].
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Zakim, unmute me
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MacTed should no longer be muted
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Zakim, mute me
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MacTed should now be muted
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ACTION: Orri to sum up today's discussion
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Created ACTION-37 - Sum up today's discussion [on Orri Erling - due 2010-03-30].
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-MacTed
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-MIT262
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-Souri
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-??P13
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-Seema
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[adjourned]
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-whalb
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-??P11
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-[IPcaller]
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zakim, list attendees
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- +1.512.471.aaaa
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As of this point the attendees have been [IPcaller], +1.512.471.aaaa, +49.322.222.0.aabb, Ashok_Malhotra, whalb, +3539149aacc, MacTed, mhausenblas, cygri, nunolopes, LeeF, EricP,
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... Souri, Seema, Soeren
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-mhausenblas
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-Ashok_Malhotra
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SW_RDB2RDF()12:00PM has ended
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rrsagent, draft minutes
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/03/23-rdb2rdf-minutes.html mhausenblas
17:05:04 [juansequeda]
LeeF, you still there?\
17:05:07 [Zakim]
Attendees were [IPcaller], +1.512.471.aaaa, +49.322.222.0.aabb, Ashok_Malhotra, whalb, +3539149aacc, MacTed, mhausenblas, cygri, nunolopes, LeeF, EricP, Souri, Seema, Soeren
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bye Zakim
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bye RRSAgent
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Zakim, bye
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Zakim has left #rdb2rdf
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RRSAgent, bye
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I see 3 open action items saved in http://www.w3.org/2010/03/23-rdb2rdf-actions.rdf :
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ACTION: ericP to review the UC and report back to the WG [1]
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recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/03/23-rdb2rdf-irc#T17-01-09
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ACTION: eric to review the UC and report back to the WG with requests for more details [2]
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recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/03/23-rdb2rdf-irc#T17-01-51
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ACTION: Orri to sum up today's discussion [3]
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recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/03/23-rdb2rdf-irc#T17-04-26