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Querying RDF: SPARQL
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Querying RDF graphs is essential (can you imagine Relational
Databases without SQL?)
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SPARQL is
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- a query language based on graph patterns
- a protocol layer to use SPARQL over, eg, HTTP
- an XML return format for the query results
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Is a W3C Standard (since January 2008)
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Numerous implementations are already available (eg, built in
triple stores)