-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 15/03/12 15:33, Paolo Castagna wrote: > Hi, currently with Apache Jena you can run a SPARQL query and get > your results, in case of a SELECT query, in text, XML, JSON, CSV or > TSV format. > > This is very convenient as people often want to use other tools to > visualize or analyze their results. > > Sometimes, people want to load data into a spreadsheet, either > Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice/LibreOffice Calc. This can be > currently achieved via CSV and TSV which, as far as I know, are > supported by a lot of spreadsheet software (including Microsoft > Excel and OpenOffice/LibreOffice). > > For data publishers, it's a good idea to provide the same data in > different formats, however, I am not sure there isn't a need for > strong proprietary data formats (given we provide CSV and TSV > already). > > What do you think?
I've done this fairly recently using Apache POI. They have a streaming implementation which is fairly easy on memory. Not sure whether this is a good candidate for adding to the core, however. Maybe include the code (it is, after all, small), but make POI an optional dependency? (Sorry, been on a training course all day. Brain not working) Damian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk9iIVEACgkQAyLCB+mTtylsyACgvlPMRKpv0i7HxvkVvy4WZqxS JbEAn3sqY8wXavRG0MTLzq7+sKo7qMy7 =0ezg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
