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Subject: Re: [search-ws] cql bnf
Dr R. Sanderson wrote: > >> I think Tony's version excludes queries like "and and and" >> -- which may actually be a good thing. > > No no, definitely a bad thing! For example 'and' is Danish for 'duck'. > Equally it means that you have to check to see if the term is reserved > (and hence quote it) in interfaces rather than the much easier check to > see if it has a space in it. Okay. Is there any need of talking about reserved words at all then -- as they don't actually appear to be reserved in any way. Or am I missing something? They actually seem more like contextual keywords -- if that is the right phrase. Ashley. -- Ashley Sanders a.sanders@manchester.ac.uk Copac http://copac.ac.uk A Mimas service funded by JISC
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