SPARQL—Query Language for RDF
The syntax of SPARQL actually looks like Turtle. So these examples really look more like this:
Before we go further, let’s talk a bit about the syntax of a SPARQL query. We’ll start with a simple form, the SELECT query. Readers familiar with SQL will notice a lot of overlap with SPARQL syntax (e.g., keywords like SELECT and WHERE). This is not coincidental; SPARQL was designed to be easily learned by SQL users.
A SPARQL SELECT query has two parts; a set of question words, and a question pattern. The keyword WHERE indicates the selection pattern, written in braces. We have already seen some question patterns, e.g., ...
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