Query message format

[Cui Chenzhou]

Tony Linde wrote:
> Hi Ray,
> 
> I'll clear up one thing first:
> 
> .....
> 
>>What is less 
>>clear is whether any can address the problem of converting 
>>queries containing standard metadata into native metadata (in 
>>the case where a user interacts with many databases 
>>uniformily).  
> 
> 
> Good point. 
> 
> To generalise, the steps in a query are:
> 
> 1. user constructs query, probably using interactive form
> 
> 2. user submits query to workflow engine which constructs voql-type
> query from form fields
> 
> 3. query is 'parsed' to determine both the sources addressed and the
> UCDs (for want of a better term) used
> 
> 4. query is deconstructed into a plan (including voql sub-queries on
> individual data sources and subsequent joins, requeries, etc)
> 
> 5. individual voql sub-queries are translated to that database's
> language
> 
> 6. individual db queries have columns mapped from UCDs to internal
> schema names
> 

Should columns be mapped from UCDs to internal schema names first 
before its individual querie is translated to the database's language?


> 7. plan is executed (includes steps for reverse mapping of individual
> results back to UCD form)
> 
> 8. results returned to user (in VOTable form)
> 
> Wow! Big job whatever form we choose for voql. Hands up all those with
> knowledge of constructing languages, parsers etc :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Tony. 
> 


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