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 APIs for query support [[start|Link to API4KB Main Page]] APIs for query support [[start|Link to API4KB Main Page]]
 +   * Ask, tell ...? queries with side effects? ​ what do you do with inferred knowledge based on the query (post it, not)?
 +   * Read-only (boolean - can/​can'​t satisfy, or extract if available)
 +   * Read-write API (i.e. with side effects that can update the KB)
 +        * Inform -- write something to the KB, but only commit if consistency is preserved (flag)
 +        * Inform/​reason/​query -- write something to the KB, reason over the KB, query to get revised results
 +             * Hypothetical reasoning -- inform/​reason/​query/​rollback
 +             * Or without rollback, meaning commit the results, but only if consistency is preserved
    * Service discovery (e.g. query to a portal for services pertaining to a certain subject)    * Service discovery (e.g. query to a portal for services pertaining to a certain subject)
    * Determining service capabilities    * Determining service capabilities
-      * Determine which "​semantic profiles"​ (e.g. OWL 1.1 Full, EL, RL, QL, Common Logic, RDF Inference, ...) the service recognizes +      * Determine which "​semantic profiles"​ (e.g. OWL 1.1 Full, EL, RL, QL, Common Logic, ​%%RDF%% Inference, ...) the service recognizes 
-      * Determine which formats the service recognizes (e.g. RDF/XML, RDF/N3, ...)+      * Determine which formats the service recognizes (e.g. %%RDF%%/%%XML%%%%RDF%%/N3, ...)
       * Determine which query languages are recognized (e.g. SPARQL, graph query language, OWLQL, etc)       * Determine which query languages are recognized (e.g. SPARQL, graph query language, OWLQL, etc)
    * Response should address which, if any capabilities are mandatory, optional    * Response should address which, if any capabilities are mandatory, optional
    * Response should address consistent naming - declare which URIs will be used to identify capabilities    * Response should address consistent naming - declare which URIs will be used to identify capabilities
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 +Most of these APIs may require various compliance levels, so that people can support read-only, or inform but not inform/​reason/​query,​ or not hypothetical reasoning ... etc.
  
  
 ===== Questions ===== ===== Questions =====
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