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Rasqal RDF Query Library - News
2013-01-22 Rasqal Version 0.9.30 Released Removed RDQL support as promised. So long and thanks for all the queries. Use SPARQL instead. Improved floating equality, comparison and promotion rules Made other fixes and improvements including fixing reported issues: 0000506, 0000511 and 0000523. See the Rasqal 0.9.30 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2012-05-13 Rasqal Version 0.9.29 Released Supports all of SPARQL 1.0 by passing 100% of the approved tests Added support for XSD date Made XSD dateTime and XSD date equality and comparison work Make limit and offset check work properly in a subquery Correctly handle errors during aggregation expressions evaluation Fix blank node generation when made in a CONSTRUCT to match SPARQL Added SPARQL 1.1 draft UUID() and STRUUID() support Requires Raptor 2.0.7+ RDQL support will be removed in the next release (0.9.30) Made other fixes and improvements including fixing reported issues: 0000493, 0000494 0000504 See the Rasqal 0.9.29 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2011-11-17 Rasqal Version 0.9.28 Released Added full support for SPARQL 1.1 draft STRBEFORE, STRAFTER and REPLACE. Add internal Mersenne Twister PRNG or choose others via configure Language name 'sparql' is now SPARQL 1.1 The query result formats now all use the W3C Format URIs as their primary URI Improved configure check for for ceil(), floor() and round() to prevent GCC optimizing the test away and getting the wrong answer Made other fixes and improvements including fixing reported Issues: 0000466, 0000467, 0000470, 0000471 and 0000474. See the Rasqal 0.9.28 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2011-08-23 Rasqal Version 0.9.27 Released sub-SELECTs can now be executed OPTIONAL and UNION fully execute correctly Grouping over sub-graph patterns fully executes correctly CONSTRUCT WHERE abbreviation is supported and executes CONSTRUCT works when working over a query with optionals Updated the CSV and TSV outputs to match the editor's draft SPARQL 1.1 Query Results CSV and TSV Formats Made other fixes and improvements including fixing reported Issues: 0000127, 0000423, 0000434, 0000454 and 0000459. See the Rasqal 0.9.27 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2011-06-27 Rasqal Version 0.9.26 Released Query engine improved with new variable scoping approach that makes UNION work better Added SPARQL 1.1 query draft support for MD5(), SHA1(), SHA224(), SHA256(), SHA384() and SHA512() Removed old query engine 1 Added a method to set the query warning level Made other fixes and improvements including fixing reported Issues: #0000430, #0000431, #0000436, #0000438, #0000439 and #0000446. See the Rasqal 0.9.26 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2011-02-22 Rasqal Version 0.9.25 Released Added SPARQL 1.1 query draft support for ABS(), CEIL(), FLOOR(), RAND(), ROUND() and TZ() Added SPARQL 1.1 query draft support for BIND(expr AS ?var) Fixed SPARQL 1.1 update draft SILENT with DROP and CLEAR Fixed SPARQL 1.1 query draft ENCODE_FOR_URI() to not preserve language and datatype of argumnet Fixed SPARQL 1.1 query draft GROUP BY to allow an optional AS ?var Added an expression evaluation context class to store state for use with evaluating expressions Fixed triple-quoted literals over-quoting and their use with language and datatypes Added support for initialising the random seed from system sources or a user value via the API Fixed several query execution cases Query engine now handles NULL as a valid value separate from an error Made rasqal_query_set_store_results() actually work Fixed Issues #0000421, #0000427 and #0000428. See the Rasqal 0.9.25 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2011-01-30 Rasqal Version 0.9.24 Released Fixed some memory leaks with variables and literals during parsing Added SPARQL 1.1 update draft support for: ADD, MOVE and COPY; DELETE WHERE { }; CLEAR and DROP with graph application qualifiers; SILENT qualifier and using ; to separate multiple operations. See the Rasqal 0.9.24 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2011-01-27 Rasqal Version 0.9.23 Released Fixed parsing of SPARQL 1.1 Update draft INSERT and DELETE to return sequences of triples Fixed cleanup for syntax errors due to disabled query language features Fixed Issues: 0000407 and 0000414, 0000415 and 0000417. See the Rasqal 0.9.23 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2011-01-12 Rasqal Version 0.9.22 Released WARNING: ABI AND API CHANGED in this release. Rasqal 0.9.22 is binary incompatible with 0.9.21 or earlier. Builds only against Raptor V2 (2.0.0+) from this release Added SPARQL 1.1 editor's draft datetime builtins: DAY, HOURS, MINUTES, MONTH, SECONDS, TIMEZONE and YEAR Added SPARQL 1.1 editor's draft string builtins: CONCAT, CONTAINS, ENCODE_FOR_URI, LCASE, STRENDS, STRLEN, STRSTARTS, SUBSTR and UCASE Added LAQRS datetime extension builtins: NOW / CURRENT_DATETIME, FROM_UNIXTIME and TO_UNIXTIME Added query language names for SPARQL 1.0, 1.1 Query and Update, 1.1 Query, 1.1 Update and LAQRS Added expression evaluation support for new builtins Added an XSD dateTime class and public API Added support for reading and writing RDF-encoded query result formats in RDF/XML and Turtle / N3 Many other API additions, removals and changes all described in the Rasqal reference manual See the Rasqal 0.9.22 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2010-12-04 Rasqal Version 0.9.21 Released Updated to handle aggregate expression execution as defined by the SPARQL 1.1 Query W3C working draft of 14 October 2010 Executes grouping of results: GROUP BY Executes aggregate expressions: AVG, COUNT, GROUP_CONCAT, MAX, MIN, SAMPLE, SUM Executes filtering of aggregate expressions: HAVING Parses new syntax: BINDINGS, isNUMERIC(), MINUS, sub SELECT and SERVICE. The syntax format for parsing data graphs at URIs can be explictly declared. The roqet utility can execute queries over SPARQL HTTP Protocol and operate over data from stdin. Added several new APIs Fixed Issue: #0000388 See the Rasqal 0.9.21 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2010-08-22 Rasqal Version 0.9.20 Released Updated to handle more of the new syntax defined by the SPARQL 1.1 Query and SPARQL 1.1 Update W3C working drafts of 1 June 2010 Added execution support for new SPARQL 1.1 query built-in expressions IF, URI, STRLANG, STRDT, BNODE, IN and NOT IN. Added an 'html' query result table format from patch by Nicholas J Humfrey Added API support for group by HAVING expressions Added XSD Date comparison support Support building with Raptor V2 API if configured with --with-raptor2. Many other bug fixes and improvements were made. Fixed Issues: #0000352, #0000353, #0000354, #0000360, #0000374, #0000377 and #0000378 See the Rasqal 0.9.20 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2010-02-15 Rasqal Version 0.9.19 Released The only change to this release is to fix the pkg-config rasqal.pc file to to restore the dependency on raptor which was accidently deleted. Lesson learnt: do not commit code after midnight local time. 2010-02-14 Rasqal Version 0.9.18 Released Add initial draft parsing and API (NOT execution) support for SPARQL 1.1 Update W3C Working Draft of 2010-01-26. Add public APIs (row, results, result formatter, variables table) so that query results can be built, read and written without a query. Add API resilience checks for invalid NULL pointer arguments. Many other bug fixes and improvements were made. Fixed Issues: #0000320, #0000323 #0000343, #0000345 and #0000347 See the Rasqal 0.9.18 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2009-12-16 Rasqal Version 0.9.17 Released WARNING: ABI AND API CHANGED in this release. Rasqal 0.9.17 is binary incompatible with 0.9.16 or earlier. Added a new query engine that implements the SPARQL algebra better All constructors now take a rasqal_world argument Added LAQRS syntax support for SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX, COALESCE() experimental syntax Added query result formatters for CSV, TSV and ASCII tables Prefer pkg-config for configuring Many resilience and resource failure fixes by Lauri Aalto Many other bug fixes and improvements were made Fixed Issues: #0000077, #0000128, #0000168, #0000258, #0000261, #0000271, #0000279 and #0000305 See the Rasqal 0.9.17 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2008-07-05 Rasqal Version 0.9.16 Released WARNING: ABI AND API CHANGED in this release. Rasqal 0.9.16 is incompatible with 0.9.15 or earlier. Added a rasqal_world object used for all constructor functions Removed deprecated functions and macros Fixed some memory leaks and made some low-memory resiliance fixes Query result sets can be read/written from sparql XML results format Improved error syntax error reporting See the Rasqal 0.9.16 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2007-11-17 Rasqal Version 0.9.15 Released Many updates for supporting W3C SPARQL Proposed Recommendation. Passes over 92% of the DAWG SPARQL Test Suite. Many query engine improvements. Substantial improvements to datatypes support and evaluation. Many improvements and fixes for use in low-memory situations Several new APIs were added including a new XSD decimal class Fixed issues: #0000190, #0000191, #0000193, #0000196, #0000197, #0000198, #0000199, #0000200, #0000201, #0000203, #0000204, #0000219, #0000220, #0000221, #0000225, #0000234, #0000235 and #0000236 WARNING: ABI AND API CHANGE in Rasqal 0.9.16 which will be incompatible with 0.9.15. See the Rasqal 0.9.15 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2007-04-22 Rasqal Version 0.9.14 Released Added syntax and API support but no query engine support for an experimental extension to SPARQL: LAQRS: LAQRS Adds to Querying RDF in SPARQL Updated the query results formatter to allow better introspection of formats Updated SPARQL parser for SPARQL Working Draft 2007-03-26 additions. Fixed issues: #0000152, #0000156, #0000160, #0000167 and #0000182 See the Rasqal 0.9.14 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2006-10-30 Rasqal Version 0.9.13 Released Added a new rasqal_query_results_formatter class Query engine now implements SPARQL GRAPH Added query features system to set parameters Many internal query engine changes (code reorganisation) Many bug fixes addressing Issues #0000080, #0000094, #0000095, #0000098, #0000100, #0000111, #0000113, #0000118, #0000129, #0000131 and #0000133. See the 0.9.13 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2006-04-30 Rasqal Version 0.9.12 Released Added JSON output based on the Serializing SPARQL Query Results in JSON draft Added query writer so you can use rasqal to turn RDQL into SPARQL Updated to SPARQL Query Language for RDF W3C Candidate Rec, 6 April 2006 now accepting all SPARQL syntax Requires raptor 1.4.9 or newer. Win32 build fixes (John Barstow) Many internal code re-organisations See the 0.9.12 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2006-01-15 Rasqal Version 0.9.11 Released Updated to SPARQL Query Language for RDF W3C Working Draft, 23 November 2005 making several additions and changes to the syntax and functionality. Using ordering, distinct and limit with query results now works Created an enhanced API reference manual with gtk-doc Requires Raptor 1.4.8 Many updates to the literal and expression handling Major internal source code re-organisation Many other changes, fixes and improvements. See the 0.9.11 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2005-06-09 Rasqal Version 0.9.10 Released The query engine now supports sorting query results implementing SPARQL ORDER BY (NOTE: duplicate query results are not yet removed) SPARQL query language support updated for some recent changes See the 0.9.10 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2005-05-19 Rasqal Version 0.9.9 Released Updated to SPARQL Query Language for RDF, W3C Working Draft, 19 April 2005 making widespread changes the syntax. Query API extensively added to access more query structure Query engine updated including query results limit and offsets Updated to the revised SPARQL Query Results XML Format (not yet published) Many other bug fixes and improvements See the 0.9.9 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2005-04-10 Rasqal Version 0.9.8 Released Updated to SPARQL Query Language for RDF W3C Working Draft of 17 February 2005 Added casting to the engine and in SPARQL Restructured query engine to be based on a tree of graph patterns Constraints now work per-graph pattern Added a Data Graph API Query engine uses and binds graph names in queries (SPARQL LOAD, FROM and GRAPH) Expanded the Graph Pattern API See the 0.9.8 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2005-02-27 Rasqal Version 0.9.7 Released Fix a resource cleanup problem when query results were not fully read Fixed some crashes in expression evaluation with invalid types Added a graph pattern API to provide full access to the query structures Added query methods to return just bound or all variables Some updates for syntax changes of SPARQL Query Language for RDF W3C Working Draft of 17 February 2005 Portability fixes for win32 (Dave Viner) See the 0.9.7 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2005-02-06 Rasqal Version 0.9.6 Released Added support and API calls for new query result forms graph and boolean Added SPARQL CONSTRUCT, ASK result forms Added 7 new SPARQL built-in functions Allow UTF-8 and Unicode in prefixes and QNames in queries Several other changes and bug fixes. See the 0.9.6 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2005-01-16 Rasqal Version 0.9.5 Released Query engine refactored to execute over graph patterns Added support for SPARQL optionals Added formatting of query results according to the SPARQL Variable Binding Results XML Format, W3C Working Draft, 21 December 2004 Updated SPARQL to handle syntax changes Many other improvements and fixes See the 0.9.5 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2004-10-29 Rasqal Version 0.9.4 Released Fixed several crashes during query execution Fixed some memory leaks when a query failed Pass on internal raptor errors to rasqal users. See the 0.9.4 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2004-10-25 Rasqal Version 0.9.3 Released License changed to LGPL 2.1/Apache 2 Added initial support for the W3C SPARQL Query Language for RDF, 2004-10-12 working draft Queries can now be executed multiple times Portability fixes for building on win32 (Chris Pointon) Various roqet utility improvements See the 0.9.3 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2004-08-03 Rasqal Version 0.9.2 Released Fix casts for C++ Add win32 skeleton header file Fix a memory leak when using redland inside rasqal See the 0.9.2 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2004-06-13 Rasqal Version 0.9.1 Released Added a query results class separate from the query class and moved all the results methods to the new class. Made portability fixes for the generated RDQL lexer files See the 0.9.1 Release Notes for the full details of the changes. 2004-05-15 Rasqal Version 0.9.0 Released First public release. 2003-08-12 Rasqal Version 0.1.0 Released Initial web site created. Nothing actually released. __________________________________________________________________ Copyright (C) 2003-2013 Dave Beckett Copyright (C) 2003-2005 University of Bristol |