Introduction

The queries shown here can be found in the SPARQL specifications: https://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-query/

query 2.1.6 Examples of Query Syntax

PREFIX  dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
	SELECT  ?title
	WHERE   { <http://example.org/book/book1> dc:title ?title }

query 2.1.6-q1 Examples of Query Syntax

PREFIX  dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
PREFIX  : <http://example.org/book/>
SELECT  $title
WHERE   { :book1  dc:title  $title }

query 2.1.6-q2 Examples of Query Syntax

BASE    <http://example.org/book/>
PREFIX  dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
SELECT  $title
WHERE   { <book1>  dc:title  ?title }

query 2.5.3 Example of Basic Graph Pattern Matching

PREFIX foaf:   <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
SELECT ?mbox
WHERE
	{ ?x foaf:name "Johnny Lee Outlaw" .
		?x foaf:mbox ?mbox }

query 3.1.1 Matching Integers

SELECT ?v WHERE { ?v ?p 42 }

query 3.1.2 Matching Arbitrary Datatypes

SELECT ?v WHERE { ?v ?p "abc"^^<http://example.org/datatype#specialDatatype> }

query 3.1.3-q1 Matching Language Tags

SELECT ?x WHERE { ?x ?p "cat"@en }

query 3.2 Value Constraints

PREFIX  dc:  <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
PREFIX  ns:  <http://example.org/ns#>
SELECT  ?title ?price
WHERE   { ?x ns:price ?price .
					FILTER (?price < 30) .
					?x dc:title ?title . }

query 5.5 Nested Optional Graph Patterns

PREFIX foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
PREFIX vcard: <http://www.w3.org/2001/vcard-rdf/3.0#>
SELECT ?foafName ?mbox ?gname ?fname
WHERE
	{  ?x foaf:name ?foafName .
		 OPTIONAL { ?x foaf:mbox ?mbox } .
		 OPTIONAL {  ?x vcard:N ?vc .
								 ?vc vcard:Given ?gname .
								 OPTIONAL { ?vc vcard:Family ?fname }
							}
	}

query 6.1-q2 Joining Patterns with UNION

PREFIX dc10:  <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
PREFIX dc11:  <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/>

SELECT ?title ?author
WHERE  { { ?book dc10:title ?title .  ?book dc10:creator ?author }
				 UNION
				 { ?book dc11:title ?title .  ?book dc11:creator ?author }
			 }

query 8.3 Restricting by Bound Variables

PREFIX  data:  <http://example.org/foaf/>
PREFIX  foaf:  <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
PREFIX  rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>

SELECT ?mbox ?nick ?ppd
WHERE
{
	GRAPH data:aliceFoaf
	{
		?alice foaf:mbox <mailto:alice@work.example> ;
					 foaf:knows ?whom .
		?whom  foaf:mbox ?mbox ;
					 rdfs:seeAlso ?ppd .
		?ppd  a foaf:PersonalProfileDocument .
	} .
	GRAPH ?ppd
	{
			?w foaf:mbox ?mbox ;
				 foaf:nick ?nick
	}
}

query 9.3 Combining FROM and FROM NAMED

PREFIX foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>

SELECT ?who ?g ?mbox
FROM <http://example.org/dft.ttl>
FROM NAMED <http://example.org/alice>
FROM NAMED <http://example.org/bob>
WHERE
{
	 ?g dc:publisher ?who .
	 GRAPH ?g { ?x foaf:mbox ?mbox }
}

query 10.1.2 DISTINCT


	PREFIX foaf:    <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1//>
SELECT DISTINCT ?name WHERE { ?x foaf:name ?name }

query 10.1.3-q2 ORDER BY

PREFIX foaf:    <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>

SELECT ?name
WHERE { ?x foaf:name ?name ; :empId ?emp }
ORDER BY ?name DESC(?emp)

query 10.1.5 OFFSET

PREFIX foaf:    <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>

SELECT  ?name
WHERE   { ?x foaf:name ?name }
ORDER BY ?name
LIMIT   5
OFFSET  10

query 10.3.1 Templates with Blank Nodes

PREFIX foaf:    <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
PREFIX vcard:   <http://www.w3.org/2001/vcard-rdf/3.0#>

CONSTRUCT { ?x  vcard:N _:v .
						_:v vcard:givenName ?gname .
						_:v vcard:familyName ?fname }
WHERE
 {
		{ ?x foaf:firstname ?gname } UNION  { ?x foaf:givenname   ?gname } .
		{ ?x foaf:surname   ?fname } UNION  { ?x foaf:family_name ?fname } .
 }

query 10.3.3 Solution Modifiers and CONSTRUCT

PREFIX foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
PREFIX site: <http://example.org/stats#>

CONSTRUCT { [] foaf:name ?name }
WHERE
{ [] foaf:name ?name ;
		 site:hits ?hits .
}
ORDER BY desc(?hits)
LIMIT 2

query 10.4.3 Descriptions of Resources

PREFIX ent:  <http://org.example.com/employees#>
DESCRIBE ?x WHERE { ?x ent:employeeId "1234" }

query 10.5-q1 Asking "yes or no" questions

PREFIX foaf:    <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
ASK  { ?x foaf:name  "Alice" ;
					foaf:mbox  <mailto:alice@work.example> }

query 11.4.1 bound

PREFIX foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
PREFIX dc:   <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
PREFIX xsd:   <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>
SELECT ?name
 WHERE { ?x foaf:givenName  ?givenName .
				 OPTIONAL { ?x dc:date ?date } .
				 FILTER ( bound(?date) ) }

query 11.4.3 isBlank


PREFIX a:      <http://www.w3.org/2000/10/annotation-ns#>
PREFIX dc:     <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
PREFIX foaf:   <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>

SELECT ?given ?family
WHERE { ?annot  a:annotates  <http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-query/> .
?annot  dc:creator   ?c .
OPTIONAL { ?c  foaf:given   ?given ; foaf:family  ?family } .
FILTER isBlank(?c)
}

query 11.4.5 str


	PREFIX foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
	SELECT ?name ?mbox
	 WHERE { ?x foaf:name  ?name ;
							foaf:mbox  ?mbox .
FILTER regex(str(?mbox), "@work.example") }

query 11.4.7 datatype


	PREFIX foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
	PREFIX xsd:  <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>
	PREFIX eg:   <http://biometrics.example/ns#>
	SELECT ?name ?shoeSize
	 WHERE { ?x foaf:name  ?name ; eg:shoeSize  ?shoeSize .
					 FILTER ( datatype(?shoeSize) = xsd:integer ) }

query 11.4.10-q1 RDFterm-equal


	PREFIX a:      <http://www.w3.org/2000/10/annotation-ns#>
	PREFIX dc:     <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
	PREFIX xsd:    <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>

	SELECT ?annotates
	WHERE { ?annot  a:annotates  ?annotates .
					?annot  dc:date      ?date .
					FILTER ( ?date = xsd:dateTime("2004-01-01T00:00:00Z") || ?date = xsd:dateTime("2005-01-01T00:00:00Z") ) }

query 11.6-q1 Extensible Value Testing


	PREFIX aGeo: <http://example.org/geo#>

	SELECT ?neighbor
	WHERE { ?a aGeo:placeName "Grenoble" .
					?a aGeo:location ?axLoc .
					?a aGeo:location ?ayLoc .

					?b aGeo:placeName ?neighbor .
					?b aGeo:location ?bxLoc .
					?b aGeo:location ?byLoc .

					FILTER ( aGeo:distance(?axLoc, ?ayLoc, ?bxLoc, ?byLoc) < 10 ) .
				}

The final example query is not based on the SPARQL 1.1 queries.

Full Example query


	base <http://example.org/geo#>
	prefix geo: <http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#>
	prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
	select ?shape ?shapeColor ?shapeHeight ?shapeName (sample(?shapeLabel) as ?shapeLabel)  {
		{
			select * {
				values (?placeName ?streetName) {
					"Grenoble" "Paul Mistral"
				}
				?place geo:NamePlace ?placeName.
				?pand geo:hasGeometry/geo:asWKT ?shape;
			}

		}
		?pand geo:measuredHeight ?shapeHeight.
		# Only retrieve buildings larger then 10 meters.
		FILTER ( ?shapeHeight < 10 ) .
		BIND(IF(!bound(?EindGeldigheid5), "#22b14c", "#ed1c24" ) AS?tColor)
		# tekst label
		bind(concat(str(?streetName),' ',str(?houseNumber),', ',str(?PlaceName)) as ?shapeName)
		bind("""Multi-line
		String Element
		""" as ?shapeLabel)
	}
	group by ?shape ?shapeColor ?shapeHeight ?shapeName
	limit 10