{"id":866,"date":"2018-05-04T11:25:38","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T09:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.factgrid.de\/?p=866"},"modified":"2018-05-04T11:25:38","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T09:25:38","slug":"sparql-the-query-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factgrid-tools.geschichte.uni-halle.de\/blog\/archives\/866","title":{"rendered":"SPARQL &mdash; the Query Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wikibase installations are &#8211; at this moment &#8211; best explored with the SPARQL query language. Specialists are able to write queries in SPARQL but this is not what you would do as a beginner. Most people take a look at an example of a query and then modify the example to suit heir needs.<\/p>\n<p>Here just briefly for the beginning a couple of useful links.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FvGndkpa4K0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nAbove: SPARQL  in 11 minutes. Note: this video is not specifically on using the Wikibase software.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1jHoUkj_mKw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Above: Navino Evans, co-founder of Histropedia (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.histropedia.com\/\">http:\/\/www.histropedia.com\/<\/a>), demonstrating how to construct Wikidata Sparql Queries.<\/p>\n<h2>Useful First Aid Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>en.wikipedia.org on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SPARQL\">SPARQL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Wikidata Query <a href=\"https:\/\/query.wikidata.org\/\">https:\/\/query.wikidata.org\/<\/a> &#8211; click at Help to run exemplary queries.<\/li>\n<li>The Wikidata page with more information about the exemplary searches: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service\/queries\/examples\">https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service\/queries\/examples<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mark Longair: Why should you learn SPARQL? Wikidata! <a href=\"https:\/\/longair.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/29\/sparql-wikidata\/\">https:\/\/longair.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/29\/sparql-wikidata\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Querying Wikidata with SPARQL for Absolute Beginners: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Querying_Wikidata_with_SPARQL_for_Absolute_Beginners.webm\">https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Querying_Wikidata_with_SPARQL_for_Absolute_Beginners.webm<\/a> a video tutorial by Asaf Bartov<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wikibase installations are &#8211; at this moment &#8211; best explored with the SPARQL query language. Specialists are able to write queries in SPARQL but this is not what you would do as a beginner. Most people take a look at an example of a query and then modify the example to suit heir needs. 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