-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>
+ 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>