- The objective of the MathQL proposal is the development of a set
- of query languages enabling the retrieval of formalized mathematical Web
- resources on the basis of content-aware requests. The first of these
- languages, <b>MathQL-1</b>, is focused on querying an arbitrary
- <a href="http://www.w3.org/RDF/">RDF</a> database because RDF is the
- <a href="http://www.w3.org/">W3C</a> standartd for describing Web
- resources at the general-purpose content level.<br>
- <br>
- As an RDF query language, MathQL-1 provides the main features
-required by the RDF community while complying with the needs of HELM.
-The peculiar aspects of this language concern the query results, which
-are highly structured and possess their own syntax, formally explained
-by a rigorous semantics.<br>
- <br>
- MathQL-1 is particularly helpful in distributed systems where
-query engines are implemented as stand-alone units, because in this situation
- the query results are exchanged between the system components as well
- as the queries, and thus both the queries and the query results need to
-be encoded in a clearly defined format.<br>
- <br>
- Other languages to be developed in the context of the MathQL proposal
-will be suitable for queries about the semantic structure of mathematical
-data: this will include content-based pattern-matching (MathQL-2) and possibly
- other forms of formal matching involving for instance isomorphism, unification
- and definitions expansion (MathQL-3).<br>
- </td>
- </tr>
-
- </tbody>
+ As an RDF query language, MathQL-1 provides the main features
+ required by the RDF community while complying with the needs of HELM.
+ The peculiar aspects of this language concern the query results, which
+ are highly structured and possess their own syntax, formally explained
+ by a rigorous semantics.<br>
+ <br>
+ MathQL-1 is particularly helpful in distributed systems where
+ query engines are implemented as stand-alone units, because in this
+situation the query results are exchanged between the system components
+as well as the queries, and thus both the queries and the query results
+need to be encoded in a clearly defined format.<br>
+ <br>
+ Other languages to be developed in the context of the MathQL proposal
+ will be suitable for queries about the semantic structure of mathematical
+ data: this will include content-based pattern-matching (MathQL-2) and possibly
+ other forms of formal matching involving for instance isomorphism, unification
+ and definitions expansion (MathQL-3).<br>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
+ </tbody>