Short for Simple Protocol and RDF Query Language,
SPARQL defines a standard query language and
data access protocol for use with the Resource Description Framework (RDF)
data model. It works for any data source that can be
mapped to RDF. The specification is under development by the RDF Data Access
Working Group (DAWG).
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Introducing SPARQL: Querying the Semantic Web SPARQL, which is both a query language and a data access protocol, has the ability to become a key component in Web 2.0 applications: as a standard backed by a flexible data model, it can provide a common query mechanism for all Web 2.0 applications.
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