separating TAP and query languages

[Roy Williams]

Doug Tody wrote:
> Roy's multicone is the TAP param query.

This is not the story I see in the TAP document.  The problem is that as 
soon as we say it is part of TAP, the document says we need full-blown 
ADQL, which defeats the objective of simplicity.

Like this: "You can ride a bicycle, but only if you have a car following 
you at all times."

So the only thing we can do is to try and submit Multicone as its own 
standard, independent of the TAP effort.

If only ADQL were not mandatory.  If only TAP were a family of linked 
protocols, rather than this monolith.

Roy

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