[oslc-core] Issue: need for a query resource definition

[Ian Green1]

I think we do need an query result resource that domains could/should/must 
adopt.

best wishes,
    -ian

ian.green at uk.ibm.com (Ian Green1/UK/IBM at IBMGB)
Chief Software Architect, Requirements Definition and Management
IBM Rational

oslc-core-bounces at open-services.net wrote on 27/05/2010 14:22:55:

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> [oslc-core] Issue: need for a query resource definition
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> Dave 
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> 27/05/2010 14:23
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> I just added an issue to the OSLC Core DRAFT issues page.
>    http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/OslcCoreV1Issues
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> Here' the issue: As things stand today in the OSLC Core spec DRAFT,
> OSLC domain specs will have to specify the data model for query
> resources. Domains can use OSLC defined resources terminology or a
> shape to do this, but the result could be a different query
> representation for each domain. I think this is a problem and my
> preferred solution to this is to define a simple query shape in
> Appendix A, make it optional and encourage OSLC domains to use it
> rather than defining new query data models and representations.
> 
> I know we are in convergence and not supposed to be adding things to
> the spec, but this seems like a significant gap. Wouldn't it be
> preferable for specs to point at a common resource definition for
> query rather than defining their own?
> 
> We're almost there now. We've defined the oslc:Repsonse
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> Or we could simply define a property to hold query result property
> values, e.g. oslc:member (Resource or Inline Resource of any class,
> one-or-many) each value represents one query result.
> 
> What is the consensus on this topic? Do we need to define a query
> resource in OSLC Core?
> 
> Thanks,
> - Dave
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