[TABLE] Re: TAP1.0 Comments

[Alberto Micol]

On 12 Aug 2009, at 00:16, Doug Tody wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, Alberto Micol wrote:
>>
>> Regarding the above described symmetry, there might be a problem in  
>> par 2.3.5.
>>
>> In par 2.3.5 there is a table upload example to specify how a multi- 
>> position search might work using PQL.
>> (btw, it is a pity there is no dedicated paragraph to the multi- 
>> position search topic).
>>
>> The last sentence of 2.3.5, regarding multi-position queries, reads:
>> "it is up to the service to pick up suitable position column(s)  
>> from the uploaded tables",
>>
>> What if the uploaded table has got multiple positions (as in the  
>> case of a result of a TAP join)?
>> Wouldn't that  break the ability to upload a TAP result to another  
>> TAP service?
>>
>> It would be much better to allow the user to specify which  
>> coordinate pair to use.
>
> The issue of multi-position queries is really a PQL issue;

mmmh... are you saying that I cannot upload my table of favourite  
objects to search for,
and use the full power of ADQL to specify more constraints?

Alberto