SQL as TM Query Language? No, thanks!

Quite a number of people store their topic maps in relational databases. This is all well and good, but when it comes to retrieving the content effectively, I do not think that SQL is a convenient and adequate query language. This opinionated, tongue-in-cheek rant tries to compile all arguments so far why an SQL model as suggested with TMRQL is good as implementation but not good for a TM query language.

1. Introduction
2. SQL, a Good Old Friend?
3. Epicycles in the 21st Century
4. Adequateness
5. Generating Different Outputs
6. Extensibility
7. And Is it fast?
8. Formal Underpinning
9. Politics, Politics, Politics
10. Summary
11. Bibliography