UCD for query

Walter Landry wlandry at caltech.edu
Thu Oct 23 08:41:26 CEST 2014


Ok.  Thanks for the suggestions.  I think I will go with meta.query
for now.

Thanks,
Walter Landry


Marco Molinaro <molinaro at oats.inaf.it> wrote:
> 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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