From: Brandon Amundson ([email protected])
Date: 07/31/01
Greetings All -
Let me start off the DAML-API list by suggesting we work on consensus for
an Java interface. Not that we would want to define _THE_ DAML API, but
agreement on a core API (core set of APIs maybe?) would greatly facilitate
tool development.
As a starting point I will propose the interfaces classes defined in the
GRCI DAML-API. The Java docs for these, and our implementation of them,
can be found at URL [1].
Some issues that immediately come to mind are:
- How does this initial DAML API proposal fit the its use?
- What other implementations are available and needed? We have implemented
a fast in memory one model, but also need a database backed version for
large models, and one that keeps an underlying RDF model? Others?
- There is currently an interface of the DAML API to JESS [2]. Do we/can we
implement an interface to XSB?
- Which RDF models and parsers to use? Our version uses the Stanford RDF API
[3], but a Jena RDF [4] interface would be nice to have as well.
- What Java applications are available that could easily be updated to use a
consensus interface? What other tools would be needed?
Regards - Lewis
[1] http://grcinet.grci.com/maria/www/codipsite/codip.html
[2] http://herzberg.ca.sandia.gov/jess/
[3] http://www-db.stanford.edu/~melnik/rdf/api.html#download:2001-01-19
[4] http://www-uk.hpl.hp.com/people/bwm/rdf/jena
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Lewis L Hart
GRC International [email protected]
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