Welcome to the fifth week of the course!

By now you should be able to understand the basic fundamentals of linked data, and we move on more towards the application of linked data.

Main topic of this week: what is SPARQL and how to make useful SPARQL queries?

Learning outcomes of this week

After completing this week successfully, the students are capable of:

Explaining what SPARQL is, when to use it, how it integrated with other approaches, how it can be used to create applications that use linked data.
Describing the basic constructs of the SPARQL query language. This includes the main keywords, operators and syntax/notation.
Listing the 4 SPARQL forms, the core SPARQL keywords.
Listing the basic steps involved in publishing linked data.
Applying SPARQL to retrieve data, inspect data, visualize data, answer data-intensive questions, build applications that use data.
Applying a triple store to upload and expose linked data.

Learning activities of this week

[15/03 10:45 - 12:30] Lecture 5: Triplestores and SPARQL

Self-learning materials

Essential