A visual representation of the underlying RIM/MIF ontology -- and probably an equivalent SNOMED ontology -- could be helpful, however not as a "special" language, but rather as a more friendly view of SPARQL constructs. So, I would think that a formal RIMQL would be a dead end unless it was a pretty face on the relevant SPARQL constructs that emerged from the "O-RIM" (full OWL/RDF representation of the MIF).
My 2c. charlie ________________________________________ From: peter.hend...@kp.org [peter.hend...@kp.org] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 1:15 PM To: Mead, Charlie (NIH/NCI) [C] Cc: e...@w3.org; helena.d...@deri.org; kerstin.l.forsb...@gmail.com; linmd.si...@mcrf.mfldclin.edu; mscottmarsh...@gmail.com; public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org; ratnesh.sa...@deri.org Subject: An HL7 RIM navigation language based on SPARQL? Mainly for Charlie and Eric but anyone who knows RIM. There has been talk off and on for ever about a Domain Specific Language for navigating RIM like graphs of data. Seems to me SPARQL can already do that. But SPARQL is too much to teach clinicians. So you could have a RIM specific DSL that is like a RIMQL. It could be nothing more than a thin layer on top of SPARQL. The clinician writes a RIMQL query, and it turns into SPARQL. There's no reason you couldn't do that with HL7 FHIR either. [cid:_2_15A95BAC15A95730005ECB1B88257A8B] NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are prohibited from sharing, copying, or otherwise using or disclosing its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments without reading, forwarding or saving them. Thank you.
