SPARQL Guide for the Javascript Developer

What?

A simple guide usable by any Javascript developer seeking to exploit SPARQL without hassles.

Why?

SPARQL is a powerful query language, results serialization format, and an HTTP based data access protocol from the W3C. It provides a mechanism for accessing and integrating data across Deductive Database Systems (colloquially referred to as triple or quad stores in Semantic Web and Linked Data circles) -- database systems (or data spaces) that manage proposition oriented records in 3-tuple (triples) or 4-tuple (quads) form.

How?

SPARQL queries are actually HTTP payloads (typically). Thus, using a RESTful client-server interaction pattern, you can dispatch calls to a SPARQL compliant data server and receive a payload for local processing.

Steps:

1. Determine which SPARQL endpoint you want to access e.g. DBpedia or a local Virtuoso instance (typically: http://localhost:8890/sparql).
2. If using Virtuoso, and you want to populate its quad store using SPARQL, assign "SPARQL_SPONGE" privileges to user "SPARQL" (this is basic control, more sophisticated WebID based ACLs are available for controlling SPARQL access).

Script:

/*
Demonstrating use of a single query to populate a # Virtuoso Quad Store via Javascript. 
*/

/* 

HTTP URL is constructed accordingly with JSON query results format as the default via mime type.

*/

function sparqlQuery(query, baseURL, format) {

	if(!format)

		format="application/json";

	var params={

		"default-graph": "", "should-sponge": "soft", "query": query,

		"debug": "on", "timeout": "", "format": format,

		"save": "display", "fname": ""

	};

	

	var querypart="";

	for(var k in params) {

		querypart+=k+"="+encodeURIComponent(params[k])+"&";

	}

	var queryURL=baseURL + '?' + querypart;

	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {

  	xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();

  }

  else {

  	xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");

  }

  xmlhttp.open("GET",queryURL,false);

  xmlhttp.send();

  return JSON.parse(xmlhttp.responseText);

}

/*

setting Data Source Name (DSN)

*/

var dsn="http://dbpedia.org/resource/DBpedia";

/*

Virtuoso pragma "DEFINE get:soft "replace" instructs Virtuoso SPARQL engine to perform an HTTP GET using the IRI in FROM clause as Data Source URL with regards to 

DBMS record inserts

*/

var query="DEFINE get:soft \"replace\"\nSELECT DISTINCT * FROM <"+dsn+"> WHERE {?s ?p ?o}"; 

var data=sparqlQuery(query, "/sparql/");

Output

Place the snippet above into the <script/> section of an HTML document to see the query result.

Conclusion

JSON was chosen over XML (re. output format) since this is about a "no-brainer installation and utilization" guide for a Javascript developer that already knows how to use Javascript for HTTP based data access within HTML. SPARQL just provides an added bonus to URL dexterity (delivered via URI abstraction) with regards to constructing Data Source Names or Addresses.

Related

• 
  SPARQL Guide for the PHP Developer
  


• 
  SPARQL Guide for the Python Developer
  


• 
  SPARQL Guide for the Ruby Developer
  


• 
  Simple Guide for using SPARQL with Virtuoso
  


• 
  General SPARQL Tutorial Collection


• 
  Virtuoso Specific SPARQL Tutorial Collection
  


• 
  The URI, URL, and Linked Data Meme's Generic HTTP URI.
  

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