This brief blog post discusses issues surrounding expression semantics in SPARQL. Practices that people are used to from other languages (like the use of "=" and "!="), can often be confusing to new – and even not so new- SPARQL developers. The author suggests that an awareness of type errors will allow the user to understand what is occurring. Example queries show how type errors are treated when using FILTER. An alternative method involving project expressions or BIND is proposed.
URL: http://www.cray.com/blog/equality-inequality-sparql/
Keywords: SPARQL, BIND, FILTER, Type errors, Project expressions
Author: Vesse, Rob
Publisher: Cray
Date created: 2013-04-23 04:00:00.000
Language: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng
Time required: P10M
Educational use: instruction
Educational audience: student
Interactivity type: expositive