DESCRIBE

Use the DESCRIBE query form to return all triples that are associated with a specified resource, not just the triples that are bound to any variables that you specify. Running a DESCRIBE query can be helpful when learning about the data that exists without having to know the structure of the data. Like CONSTRUCT, DESCRIBE returns results in RDF format.

Syntax

[ PREFIX Clause ]
DESCRIBE <resource>
[ FROM Clause ]
[ WHERE Clause ]

Examples

The following simple DESCRIBE example queries the sample Tickit dataset to describe all of the resources that are associated with person2:

DESCRIBE <http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2>
FROM <http://anzograph.com/tickit>

@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>.
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/listing160217> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/sellerid> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/listing30988> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/sellerid> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/listing43813> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/sellerid> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/listing52091> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/sellerid> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/listing54017> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/sellerid> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/listing86046> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/sellerid> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/person1099> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/friend> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/person1268> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/friend> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/person12847> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/friend> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/person12996> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/friend> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/person13112> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/friend> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/person15212> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/friend> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/person15323> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/friend> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/person15929> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/friend> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/person16636> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/friend> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/person17109> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/friend> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/birthday> "1979-09-21"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/card> "6614771532725111"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#long> .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/city> "Murfreesboro" .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/dislike> "broadway" .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/email> "Suspendisse.tristique@nonnisiAenean.edu" .
<http://anzograph.com/tickit/person2> <http://anzograph.com/tickit/firstname> "Vladimir" .
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