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SPARQL

SPARQL (pronounced "sparkle", a recursive acronym for SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language) is an RDF query language—that is, a semantic query language for databases—able to retrieve and manipulate data stored in Resource Description Framework (RDF) format. It was made a standard by the RDF Data Access Working Group (DAWG) of the World Wide Web…

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Developer
W3C
First appeared
15 January 2008; 18 years ago (2008-01-15)
Paradigm
Query language
Stable release
1.1 / 21 March 2013; 13 years ago (2013-03-21)

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SPARQL

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples75
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

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SPARQL

Top relations

related to External links · 29
SPARQL → Activity BlogW3C SPARQL, Archived, ARQ, DAWG Test Suite, December, Dydra, Finished, GroupSPARQL, James, June, OWL Transformation, OWL-RDF/S, Protocol, Query, Query Service TutorialDBpediaW3C Data, Query XML Results Format, RDF Data Access Working, RecommendationSPARQL, Results, Retrieved
related to Features · 9
SPARQL → Objects, RDF, Subjects, The SPARQL, This, Thus, URI, URIs, W3C
related to Extensions · 8
SPARQL → GeoSPARQL, GIS, GML, It, OGC, RDF, SPARUL, WKT
related to Example · 7
SPARQL → Africa, Another SPARQL, Bindings, So, Variables, What, When
see also · 7
SPARQL → Collaborative, Interrelating, Parse, Query Results XML FormatSPARQL, Semantic Integration, SPARQL Algebra, Syntax Expressions
related to Implementations · 3
SPARQL → Eclipse RDF4J, Open, OpenRDF SesameApache JenaOpenLink Virtuoso
related to Query forms · 2
SPARQL → Each, In
Developer · 1
SPARQL → W3C
First appeared · 1
SPARQL → 15 January 2008; 18 years ago (2008-01-15)
Paradigm · 1
SPARQL → Query language

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Important terminology

query example data queries rdf language subject name triple one w3c sql triples syntax exist implementations semantic databases schema column

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SPARQLDeveloperW3C1.00infobox
SPARQLFirst appeared15 January 2008; 18 years ago (2008-01-15)1.00infobox
SPARQLParadigmQuery language1.00infobox
SPARQLStable release1.1 / 21 March 2013; 13 years ago (2013-03-21)1.00infobox
SPARQLWebsitewww.w3.org/TR/sparql11-query/1.00infobox
MongoDBinstance ofPolymorphic databases0.80text
SQLite can store the native value directly into the object field.Thusinstance ofPolymorphic databases0.80text
SPARQL provides a full set of analytic query operations such asJOINinstance ofPolymorphic databases0.80text
SORTinstance ofPolymorphic databases0.80text
AGGREGATEfor data whose schema is intrinsically part of the data rather than requiring a separate schema definitioninstance ofPolymorphic databases0.80text
SPARQLrelated to ExampleAnother SPARQL0.60section
SPARQLrelated to ExampleWhat0.60section

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