From 6a8fc63882863bde9f3fcac3c12b968a78638ac9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ferruccio Guidi Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 18:41:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] added: features and documentation --- helm/mathql/homepage/documentation.html | 140 +++++++++++++------- helm/mathql/homepage/features.html | 152 ++++++++++++++------- helm/mathql/homepage/index.html | 167 ++++++++++++------------ 3 files changed, 285 insertions(+), 174 deletions(-) diff --git a/helm/mathql/homepage/documentation.html b/helm/mathql/homepage/documentation.html index b03b3d889..46c80bca3 100644 --- a/helm/mathql/homepage/documentation.html +++ b/helm/mathql/homepage/documentation.html @@ -2,75 +2,123 @@ MathQL - + - + - + - +

MathQL-1

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A query language for RDF metadata

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MathQL-1

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A query language for RDF metadata

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  1. Exploitation of constructions borrowed from programming languages +to allow sophisticated queries that need computation over the queried data. +In particular:
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  1. Exploitation of RDF technology +to manage metadata and compliance with the main requirements for an +RDF query language. In particular:
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  • MathQL-1 provides facilities for hierarchical constraints based +on RDF Schema and for traversal +of compound values of properties.
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  • MathQL-1 provides a full set of Boolean operators to compose +query constraints and facilities for selecting URI's or literals by means +of regular expressions.
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  • MathQL-1 allows to customize the query results specifying what +part of a solution should be preserved or discarded.
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  • MathQL-1 has a well-conceived semantics defined in term of +an abstract metadata model, imposes that queries return exhaustive solutions +and includes a "select-from-where"-like construction.
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  • MathQL-1 supports a machine-processable XML syntax as well as a human-readable +textual syntax to achieve the best usability.
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  • MathQL-1 query results have a 4-dimensional geometry whereas +other languages assume that query results are returned in 1-dimensional structures +(ie lists of resources) or 2-dimensional structures (ie relational database +tables). This allows to get better outcomes from queries returning structured +results.
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MathQL-1

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A query language for RDF metadata

- + - - - + + - + - - - + 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.
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+ 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.
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+ 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).
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- The MathQL proposal rises in the context of the HELM project, which aims at the development -of a suitable technology for the creation and maintenance of a virtual, -distributed, hypertextual library of structured mathematical knowledge -based on XML technology, through the - integration of the current proof assistants and logical frameworks with -the most recent technologies for the development of Web applications and -electronic publishing.
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- 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, - MathQL-1, is focused on querying an arbitrary +
+ The MathQL proposal rises in the context of the HELM project, which aims at the +development of a suitable technology for the creation and maintenance +of a virtual, distributed, hypertextual library of structured mathematical + knowledge based on XML technology, +through the integration of the current proof assistants and logical frameworks +with the most recent technologies for the development of Web applications +and electronic publishing.
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+ 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, + MathQL-1, is focused on querying an arbitrary RDF database because RDF is the W3C standartd for describing Web resources -at the general-purpose content level.
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- 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.
+ href="http://www.w3.org/">W3C standartd for describing Web resources + at the general-purpose content level.

- 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.
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-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).
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