PQL: inline upload will NOT be stored

[Roy Williams]

I have looked through the PQL specification, and I agree with many of 
the comments already made.

The one thing that disturbs me most is the idea the uploaded tables are 
"the same" as other tables, since this makes no distinction between 
tables that never get stored and those that get stored for for a long time.

What is NOT WANTED for the multicone query is that uploaded tables are 
stored persistently, since this would imply that an authentication and 
account is needed, meaning that mashup services and casual users will 
not be able to use multicone in the simple way (request-response) that 
we had hoped.

I think the PQL spec should say somewhere that:
"In-line uploaded tables will NOT be stored on the server. Users wishing 
storage of tables should upload these separately."

Roy

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