Demonstrates a working knowledge of the forms and uses of SPARQL result sets (SELECT, CONSTRUCT, DESCRIBE, and ASK).
Querying Semantic Web Data with SPARQL (and SPARQL 1.1)
This lengthy slide presentation covers SPARQL 1.1. It begins with the fundamentals: graph patterns, operators, and algebraic representations. The second half dives deeply into complex [...]
Using SPARQL with RDFS and OWL Entailment
This chapter accompanied the lecture on SPARQL with entailment regimes given at the 7th Reasoning Web Summer School in Galway, Ireland, 2011. It first introduces [...]
Querying Semantic Data
After this tutorial, you should be able to: Build your own basic SPARQL queries, step-by-step; Understand that SPARQL is not just a query language, it [...]
Querying Linked Data
This slide presentation looks in detail at SPARQL and introduces approaches for querying and updating semantic data. It covers SPARQL algebra and protocol, and also [...]
SPARQL: Querying the Web of Data
This slide-set aims to introduce the RDF query language SPARQL "from a user's perspective". This presentation predates the introduction of SPARQL 1.1, but may still [...]
SPARQL in a Nutshell
A simple but comprehensive slide presentation covering the basics of what SPARQL is and how it is used. NOTE: This resource was created before SPARQL [...]
From SQL to SPARQL
This presentation gives an overview of the SPARQL query language and how it is different than SQL, which is used for relational databases. Mentions several [...]
Querying Linked Data with SPARQL
This slideset was part of the "How to Consume Linked Data" tutorial at the International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC), Oct. 2009. Predates SPARQL 1.1, so [...]
Apache Jena Tutorial: Using SPARQL with Jena to Query RDF Document
This tutorial shows how to use integrated Apache Jena objects to query a RDF document using SPARQL. Shows how to use several SPARQL keywords. Also [...]
Introduction to SPARQL
A simple (yet thorough) introduction to SPARQL query language based on the W3C documentation. Focuses on aspects of the query language present in SPARQL 1.0 [...]