SPARUL, or SPARQL/Update, was a declarative data manipulation language that extended the SPARQL 1.0 query language standard. SPARUL provided the ability to insert, delete and update RDF data held within a triple store or quad store. SPARUL was originally written by Hewlett-Packard and has been used as the foundation for the current W3C recommendation entitled SPARQL 1.1 Update.[1] With the publication of SPARQL 1.1, SPARUL is superseded and should only be consulted as a source of inspiration for possible future refinements of SPARQL, but not for real-world applications.
Adding some triples to a graph. The snippet describes two RDF triples to be inserted into the default graph of the RDF store.
PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
INSERT DATA
{ <http://example/book3> dc:title "A new book" ;
dc:creator "A.N.Other" .
}
This SPARQL/Update request contains a triple to be deleted and a triple to be added (used here to correct a book title). The requested change happens in the named graph identified by the URI http://example/bookStore.
PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
DELETE DATA FROM <http://example/bookStore>
{ <http://example/book3> dc:title "Fundamentals of Compiler Design" }
INSERT DATA INTO <http://example/bookStore>
{ <http://example/book3> dc:title "Fundamentals of Compiler Design" }
The example below has a request to delete all records of old books (with date before year 2000)
PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
PREFIX xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>
DELETE
{ ?book ?p ?v }
WHERE
{ ?book dc:date ?date .
FILTER ( ?date < "2000-01-01T00:00:00"^^xsd:dateTime )
?book ?p ?v
}
This snippet copies records from one named graph to another named graph based on a pattern.
PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
PREFIX xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>
INSERT INTO <http://example/bookStore2>
{ ?book ?p ?v }
WHERE
{ GRAPH <http://example/bookStore>
{ ?book dc:date ?date .
FILTER ( ?date < "2000-01-01T00:00:00"^^xsd:dateTime )
?book ?p ?v
} }
An example to move records from one named graph to another named graph based on a pattern.
PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
PREFIX xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>
INSERT INTO <http://example/bookStore2>
{ ?book ?p ?v }
WHERE
{ GRAPH <http://example/bookStore>
{ ?book dc:date ?date .
FILTER ( ?date < "2000-01-01T00:00:00"^^xsd:dateTime )
?book ?p ?v
}
}
DELETE FROM <http://example/bookStore>
{ ?book ?p ?v }
WHERE
{ GRAPH <http://example/bookStore>
{ ?book dc:date ?date .
FILTER ( ?date < "2000-01-01T00:00:00"^^xsd:dateTime )
?book ?p ?v
}
}