SPARQL Endpoints Registry Walk-through

Manage SPARQL endpoint entities.

This is where you can register any SPARQL endpoint that you want your site to
query. If you would like to setup your own SPARQL endpoint for other sites to
query please see "Setting up your own SPARQL endpoint".

What is a SPARQL endpoint

source: http://semanticweb.org/wiki/SPARQL_endpoint

A SPARQL endpoint is a conformant SPARQL protocol service as defined in the
SPROT specification. A SPARQL endpoint enables users (human or other) to query
a knowledge base via the SPARQL language. Results are typically returned in
one or more machine-processable formats. Therefore, a SPARQL endpoint is mostly
conceived as a machine-friendly interface towards a knowledge base. Both the
formulation of the queries and the human-readable presentation of the results
should typically be implemented by the calling software, and not be done
manually by human users.

Registering a SPARQL endpoint

Prerequisites

  • The SPARQL module is required.
  • Enable 'SPARQL Endpoints Registry' on the Modules administration page under the 'RDF' section

Add a new SPARQL endpoint

    Click Structure > SPARQL Endpoints Registry

    Existing endpoints will be listed here.

    Click Add SPARQL endpoint

    Enter the required fields (example):

    Information regarding the optional field Dataset forthcoming.

    Click Save

You have now added the DBPedia SPARQL endpoint which you can use on your site.
More on that can be found at: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/wa-datasets/