This set of lessons is an introduction to SPARQL, the Semantic Web query language. The lessons begin with a basic SPARQL tutorial for beginners before moving on to detailed coverage of SPARQL 1.1 query features as well as a comparison of SPARQL and SQL. Some lessons contain examples of queries to be run against the DBpedia SPARQL endpoint.

URL: http://www.cambridgesemantics.com/semantic-university/learn-sparql
Keywords: SPARQL endpoint, SPARQL
Publisher: Cambridge Semantics
Language: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng
Time required: P45M
Educational audience: teacher-educationSpecialist

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