14.4. Common Query Patterns

Here are many of the common queries used in templates.

14.4.1. Containers

The most obvious template queries exploit the standard fact arrangement, and that means using an RDF container. The simple query syntax supports this arrangement.

14.4.2. Single-Fact Queries

Single-fact queries (see the prior discussion) can be specified using the extended query syntax only; they cannot be specified using the simple query syntax. A single-fact query may return zero or more solutions. The only unknown that can be queried for is the object of the single fact. The subject and predicate must be known in advance and hard-coded in the query.

Such a query can be implemented with either a <member> or a <triple> tag. The <member> variation ...

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