Re: sql, rdf

R_O_O_K wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> The appropriateness of a tool can only be judged by what can you do with 
> it. As for RDF, after learning the spec and how to use it in Moz (see 
> www.xnulplanet.com) you can do pretty amazing stuff (dynamic UI 
> generation). Read the tutorials on xulplanet and decide for yourself.
> 

Thanks for the response, but what I'm looking for is information 
regarding the suitability of RDF for what is a pretty standard SQL use 
pattern.  In more detail, stuff like:  click on a school name and get a 
list of grades/classes/sections; click on a section and get a list of 
students in that section; click on a student name in the list and get a 
detail record.  Etc.

In other words, for the purposes of a prototype, does it make sense to 
try to emulate this SQL query/display pattern using RDF?  I assume that 
it is _possible_ to do this; my question is, is it _smart_ to do this. 
Would it cut my development time?  Has anybody out there used RDF in 
this way?

At the moment I don't have time to master the details of RDF unless I'm 
pretty sure it is an appropriate (read: RAD) tool.  Learning RDF is a 
big time investment (I've already spent a couple of days reading, 
including O'Reilly's book and the stuff on xulplanet and it remains 
pretty murky) and I can't afford to find out in the end that it's not a 
good choice for this task, no matter how amazing it is for other purposes.

Thanks,

gregg