On Freitag, 6. Juni 2008, CNIT wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> > I have a proposal for a simplification in #ask query syntax that I would
> > like to get some feedback on.
> >
> > If you currently ask for property chains, you need something like the
> > following:
> >
> > {{#ask: [[works at::<q>[[located
> > in::<q>[[population::>1000000]]</q>]]</q>]]}}
> >
> > to find someone working at an organisation located in a place with more
> > than 1000000 inhabitants. The many [[ and <q> are sure annoying.
> >
> > My proposal is to instead allow writing
> >
> > {{#ask: [[works at.located in.population::>1000000]] }}
> >
> > with exactly the same interpretation as above.
> >
> > Effects:
> > * "." in property names become problematic (though some escape can be
> > provided to allow them),
> > * the syntax becomes shorter, and maybe also more readable.
> >
> > Would that be an improvement? Other comments? (There is also another
> > issue regarding the syntax with <q>, but I will have to check what can be
> > done there before proposing alternatives.)
>
> Hi!
> That would be great improvement of readability. Already existing pages
> and templates
> can be changed, accordingly.The old syntax will certainly continue to work anyway. > It's much worse when you update from SVN and then template works > differently with > the same parameters and there's no way of make it work besides patching > the code > (as in my unanswered case). Huh? I missed that, please provide a pointer. Markus > Dmitriy > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-devel mailing list > Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel -- Markus Krötzsch Semantic MediaWiki http://semantic-mediawiki.org http://korrekt.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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