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 [ 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" . ...