UCD for query

Marco Molinaro molinaro at oats.inaf.it
Tue Oct 21 16:48:15 CEST 2014


Hi,
didn't check meta.software was an S...you have my vote for a generic
meta.query
Cheers,
     Marco

2014-10-21 16:28 GMT+02:00 Sebastien Derriere <
sebastien.derriere at astro.unistra.fr>:

>
>   Hello,
>
>   Marco is right, there is no proper term to describe an ADQL query
> string with the current UCD vocabulary. The current meta.software
> can't work, because its syntax flag 'S' says it can only be used to
> qualify another UCD word.
>   We could take the opportunity of the undergoing revision of the
> ucd list to include a new word in the "meta" branch, e.g. "meta.query"
> Its definition could be "Expression of a request performed to retrieve
> data, for example a SQL or ADQL query".
>   I'd rather not have too much details, trying to avoid proliferation of
> terms like meta.query.SQL.mySQL...
>
> Sebastien
>
> Le 21/10/2014 12:58, Marco Molinaro a écrit :
>
> Hi Walter,
> I added semantics' list to your inquiry.
> meta.adql does not exist, there is no other meta UCD that resembles what
> you're trying, I think.
> Maybe the nearest choice could be a meta.software, but I must say I
> wouldn't like it if I had to do the same thing.
>
>  Using meta.adql would probably result in something not understood by
> clients.
> It doesn't help SQL/ADQL has no specific mime-type that could have helped
> in the description of the (param?) you're trying to set (using some
> grouping).
>
>  Cheers,
>      Marco
>
> 2014-10-20 23:52 GMT+02:00 Walter Landry <wlandry at caltech.edu>:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am running a TAP service, and I want to store the full ADQL query in
>> the resulting table.  What UCD should I use for that?  I could not
>> find anything suitable in the UCD1+ list
>>
>>   http://www.ivoa.net/documents/REC/UCD/UCDlist-20070402.html
>>
>> Should I use something like meta.adql?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Walter Landry
>>
>
>
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