Proposition of Erratum for ADQL-2.1

[Patrick Dowler]

I also support this
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Patrick Dowler
Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
Victoria, BC, Canada

On Tue, 14 Apr 2026 at 06:24, Mark Taylor via dal <dal at ivoa.net> wrote:
>
> I support this!
>
> On Tue, 14 Apr 2026, Gregory MANTELET via dal wrote:
>
> > Dear DAL members,
> >
> > Following the proposition made (hum...2 years ago) in the GitHub Issue #78
> > <https://github.com/ivoa-std/ADQL/issues/78>,
> > I propose an erratum for ADQL-2.1 in order to add 2 alternative versions of
> > the
> > ADQL BNF grammar as auxiliary files:
> >
> > - textual version <https://github.com/ivoa-std/ADQL/blob/master/adql.bnf>
> >   (which is actually the source of the grammar include in the ADQL document)
> > - HTML version <https://github.com/ivoa-std/ADQL/blob/master/adql-bnf.html>
> >   (with links to easily navigate inside the BNF ; quite useful for easy and
> >   quick discovery of this grammar)
> >
> > Both are only available in GitHub. The idea of this erratum is to make them
> > also available through the IVOA Document Repository. Links toward these files
> > will then be added inside the Appendix A of the ADQL-2.1 document showing
> > the entire BNF.
> >
> > I have already written the Erratum in the IVOA's twiki:
> >
> > https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/ADQL-2_1-Err-1
> >
> > I strongly encourage anyone interested into ADQL to take a look on this.
> >
> > If you agree or disagree with this erratum or want to comment or change
> > anything, do not hesitate to answer to this email or to communicate through
> > the GitHub Issue #78 <https://github.com/ivoa-std/ADQL/issues/78>.
> >
> > If no disagreement, I plan to present this erratum at the next TCG meeting
> > in two weeks.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Grégory M.
> >
>
> --
> Mark Taylor  Astronomical Programmer  Physics, Bristol University, UK
> m.b.taylor at bristol.ac.uk          https://www.star.bristol.ac.uk/mbt/