* Eric Prud'hommeaux <eric@stripped> [2007-04-19 12:47-0700]
> * Jay Pipes <jay@stripped> [2007-04-19 13:55-0400]
> > Renato Golin wrote:
> > >Is there anyone (including MySQL A.B.) developing any semantic storage
> > >engine?
> > >
> > >I've heard about Monty's speak on semantic databases and would like to
> > >know if there are plans to develop a native storage engine for
> > >semantic data, instead of the current solutions to map it to a
> > >relational database and translating SPARQL to SQL.
> > >
> > >I might start developing on my own but would like to if there's anyone
> > >else already in the lead.
> >
> > Hi! I believe Eric Prud'hommeaux from W3C has started an effort to this
> > effect. He will be at the MySQL conference and expo next week, AFAIK.
>
> I'm fuzzy on the criteria for a semantic database, but SPASQL is a
> project aimed at providing RDF access to conventional relational data.
> There's a project page [SP], a talk I gave at XTech [SX] and a cvs
> repository [SC].
>
> At some point, I'd like to add a triple store for stuff that doesn't
> fit in the relational schema. This is prototyped in FeDeRate (Algae2
> test case [TC]). Also want to port the query federation stuff to the
> MySQL implementation (use case [FD]).
This last use case is explained a bit more fully in [TX]
> Steve Harris, of garlik.com, has implemented an
+efficient
> triple store, but not
> within MySQL. He might be interested in this work.
And if I'm mentioning that, I should also mention those in Virtuoso and Jena.
> [SP] http://www.w3.org/2005/05/22-SPARQL-MySQL/
> [SX] http://www.w3.org/2005/05/22-SPARQL-MySQL/XTech
> [SC] http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/2006/spasql/mysql5/
> [TC]
> http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/perl/modules/W3C/Rdf/test/OrderTracking8-alg.sh?content-type=text/plain
> [FD]
> http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/perl/modules/W3C/Rdf/test/ToxicAssoc0.rq?content-type=text/plain
[TX] http://www.w3.org/2004/10/04-pharmaFederate/
> > Shoot me an email at jay at mysql dot com if you'd like me to put you in
> > touch.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jay
> >
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