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SPARQL  

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  • SPARQL is a query language for RDF widely used as a means to semantically query databases. It can be used across native RDF data or data viewed as RDF via middleware and allows for queries using triple patterns, conjunctions, disjunctions, and optional patterns. Results can be returned as sets or RDF graphs.

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Entry terms

  • SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language

Source

  • “SPARQL 1.1 Query Language.” n.d. Www.w3.org. Accessed June 20, 2023. https://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-query/.

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http://purl.org/knot/thesaurus/sparql

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