[sc34wg3] TMQL, State of Affairs

Martin Bryan sc34wg3@isotopicmaps.org
Tue, 24 May 2005 19:02:52 +0100


Robert
> > ....................................... Our point is that you have to
> > explain to the world outside of the small community of developers
involved
> > in TMQL why yet another query language is needed, and why XQuery or
> > somehting based on the tried and tested ISO-standardized SQL approach
would
> > not do just as well.
>
> Martin,
>
> I tried, but obviously not successful:
>
>    http://topicmaps.it.bond.edu.au/docs/37
>
> Otherwise, everything what Jan said, hits the point.

OK, you think you have explained it. But how is a reader of the standard
supposed to know this?

Martin