RDF.Query (RDF.ex v0.9.1) View Source
The RDF Graph query API.
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Functions
Creates a RDF.Query.BGP
struct.
Execute the given query
against the given graph
.
Execute the given query
against the given graph
.
Creates a RDF.Query.BGP
struct for a path through a graph.
Returns a Stream
for the execution of the given query
against the given graph
.
Returns a Stream
for the execution of the given query
against the given graph
.
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Creates a RDF.Query.BGP
struct.
A basic graph pattern consist of single or list of triple patterns. A triple pattern is a tuple which consists of RDF terms or variables for the subject, predicate and object of a RDF triple.
As RDF terms RDF.IRI
s, RDF.BlankNode
s, RDF.Literal
s or all Elixir
values which can be coerced to any of those are allowed, i.e.
RDF.Vocabulary.Namespace
atoms or Elixir values which can be coerced to RDF
literals with RDF.Literal.coerce/1
(only on object position). On predicate
position the :a
atom can be used for the rdf:type
property.
Variables are written as atoms ending with a question mark. Blank nodes which in a graph query patterns act like a variable which doesn't show up in the results can be written as atoms starting with an underscore.
Here's a basic graph pattern example:
[
{:s?, :a, EX.Foo},
{:s?, :a, EX.Bar},
{:s?, RDFS.label, "foo"},
{:s?, :p?, :o?}
]
Multiple triple patterns sharing the same subject and/or predicate can be grouped:
- Multiple objects to the same subject-predicate pair can be written by just writing them one by one in the same triple pattern.
- Multiple predicate-objects pair on the same subject can be written by grouping them with square brackets.
With these, the previous example can be shortened to:
{
:s?,
[:a, EX.Foo, EX.Bar],
[RDFS.label, "foo"],
[:p?, :o?]
}
Execute the given query
against the given graph
.
The query
can be given directly as RDF.Query.BGP
struct created with one
of the builder functions in this module or as basic graph pattern expression
accepted by bgp/1
.
The result is a list of maps with the solutions for the variables in the graph
pattern query and will be returned in a :ok
tuple. In case of an error a
:error
tuple is returned.
Example
Let's assume we have an example_graph
with these triples:
@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
@prefix ex: <http://example.com/> .
ex:Outlaw
foaf:name "Johnny Lee Outlaw" ;
foaf:mbox <mailto:jlow@example.com> .
ex:Goodguy
foaf:name "Peter Goodguy" ;
foaf:mbox <mailto:peter@example.org> ;
foaf:friend ex:Outlaw .
iex> {:_, FOAF.name, :name?} |> RDF.Query.execute(example_graph())
{:ok, [%{name: ~L"Peter Goodguy"}, %{name: ~L"Johnny Lee Outlaw"}]}
iex> [
...> {:_, FOAF.name, :name?},
...> {:_, FOAF.mbox, :mbox?},
...> ] |> RDF.Query.execute(example_graph())
{:ok, [
%{name: ~L"Peter Goodguy", mbox: ~I<mailto:peter@example.org>},
%{name: ~L"Johnny Lee Outlaw", mbox: ~I<mailto:jlow@example.com>}
]}
iex> query = [
...> {:_, FOAF.name, :name?},
...> {:_, FOAF.mbox, :mbox?},
...> ] |> RDF.Query.bgp()
...> RDF.Query.execute(query, example_graph())
{:ok, [
%{name: ~L"Peter Goodguy", mbox: ~I<mailto:peter@example.org>},
%{name: ~L"Johnny Lee Outlaw", mbox: ~I<mailto:jlow@example.com>}
]}
iex> [
...> EX.Goodguy, FOAF.friend, FOAF.name, :name?
...> ] |> RDF.Query.path() |> RDF.Query.execute(example_graph())
{:ok, [%{name: ~L"Johnny Lee Outlaw"}]}
Execute the given query
against the given graph
.
As opposed to execute/3
this returns the results directly or fails with an
exception.
Creates a RDF.Query.BGP
struct for a path through a graph.
The elements of the path can consist of the same RDF terms and variable
expressions allowed in bgp/1
expressions.
Example
The RDF.Query.BGP
struct build with this:
RDF.Query.path [EX.S, EX.p, RDFS.label, :name?]
is the same as the one build by this bgp/1
call:
RDF.Query.bgp [
{EX.S, EX.p, :_o},
{:_o, RDFS.label, :name?},
]
Returns a Stream
for the execution of the given query
against the given graph
.
Just like on execute/3
the query
can be given directly as RDF.Query.BGP
struct
created with one of the builder functions in this module or as basic graph pattern
expression accepted by bgp/1
.
The stream of solutions for variable bindings will be returned in a :ok
tuple.
In case of an error a :error
tuple is returned.
Example
Let's assume we have an example_graph
with these triples:
@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
@prefix ex: <http://example.com/> .
ex:Outlaw
foaf:name "Johnny Lee Outlaw" ;
foaf:mbox <mailto:jlow@example.com> .
ex:Goodguy
foaf:name "Peter Goodguy" ;
foaf:mbox <mailto:peter@example.org> ;
foaf:friend ex:Outlaw .
iex> {:ok, stream} = {:_, FOAF.name, :name?} |> RDF.Query.stream(example_graph())
...> Enum.to_list(stream)
[%{name: ~L"Peter Goodguy"}, %{name: ~L"Johnny Lee Outlaw"}]
iex> {:ok, stream} = [
...> {:_, FOAF.name, :name?},
...> {:_, FOAF.mbox, :mbox?},
...> ] |> RDF.Query.stream(example_graph())
...> Enum.take(stream, 1)
[
%{name: ~L"Peter Goodguy", mbox: ~I<mailto:peter@example.org>},
]
Returns a Stream
for the execution of the given query
against the given graph
.
As opposed to stream/3
this returns the stream directly or fails with an
exception.