On 3 September 2010 16:21, Hammond, Tony <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Mike:
>
> Well, this does strike me as a little odd:
>
>> Since then, the formal specification has been further tinkered with, I
>> think at least in part by people who've not actually implemented any
>> version of that specification and who have therefore not been in a
>> position to verify that the modified grammar expresses what it
>> intends.
>
> It has been my understanding that the current work within OASIS is aimed
> *precisely* at developing a "formal specification".
>
> Not sure where you got the idea that there was an existing formal spec.

http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/specs/cql.html

> Far from "tinkering" with this spec the intent has been to make it more
> rigorous in the terminology used and in regularizing the grammar in which is
> it is expressed. (Indeed even to the extent of assigning it a recognized
> grammar.)
>
> Of course, as with any change set applied to a given system there is always
> the chance that something adverse gets to be included.
>
> I'm sure that those who are working on formalizing the specifications would
> more than welcome the experience of those who "have actually implemented"
> and are "in a position to verify that the modified grammar expresses what it
> intends".

You would think so; were Adam Dickmess's corrections taken on?



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> Cheers,
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> Tony
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