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SQL as TM Query Language? No, thanks!
Paper, by Robert Barta
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Quite a number of people store their topic maps in relational databases. This is all well and good, but when it comes to retrieving the content effectively, I do not think that SQL is a convenient and adequate query language. This opinionated, tongue-in-cheek rant tries to compile all arguments so far why an SQL model as suggested with TMRQL is good as implementation but not good for a TM query language.
Authors
Robert Barta
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Robert is project leader of Perl XTM Engine (superseeded.. and Perl TM.
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Topic Maps aware search adds an important and efficient access path both to information, and to the knowledge represented in our application systems.
