SPARQL Package is a function for R statistical software to enable to analyze Linked Data.

Author: Willem Robert van Hage, with contributions from Tomi Kauppinen, Benedikt Graeler, Christopher Davis, Jesper Hoeksema, Alan Rut- tenberg, and Daniel Bahls.

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How to get started:

1. First , go through one of the following tutorials:
   • Tomi Kauppinen and Benedikt Gräler: The Brazilian Amazon Rainforest deforestation tutorial on SPARQL Package for R.
   • Tomi Kauppinen and Miika Alonen: Analyzing and Visualizing Linked Data from the Aalto University with R.
   • Willem Robert van Hage: The Linked Open Piracy tutorial on semantic/statistical analysis of maritime piracy with the SPARQL Package for R.
   • Willem Robert van Hage:  The Hollywood movie star tutorial on Social Network Analysis with the SPARQL Package for R.
   • Benedikt Gräler and Jim Jones: The Brazillian Amazon Rainforest deforestation data set linked with health data on number of deaths and their causes.
2. See also the manual for more information or download the package.

• SPARQL Package enables to connect to a SPARQL end-point over HTTP, pose a SELECT query or an update query (LOAD, INSERT, DELETE).
• If given a SELECT query it returns the results as a data frame with a named column for each variable from the SELECT query, a list of prefixes and namespaces that were shortened to qnames is also returned.
• If given an update query nothing is returned. If the parameter “query” is given, it is assumed the given query is a SELECT query and a GET request will be done to get the results from the URL of the end point.
• Otherwise, if the parameter “update” is given, it is assumed the given query is an update query and a POST request will be done to send the request to the URL of the end point.