This article describes how to get up and running on the Semantic Web in less than 5 minutes using SPARQL with R. It begins with a brief introduction to the Semantic Web, then covers some simple steps for downloading and analyzing government data via a SPARQL query with the SPARQL R package.

URL: http://www.programmingr.com/content/sparql-with-r/
Keywords: Semantic Web, SPARQL endpoint, Data.gov, R (Programming language)
Author: Hoefler, Patrick
Language: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng
Time required: P20M
Interactivity type: mixed

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