That makes sense, but if I can do this

   SELECT ?classTitle
   WHERE {
     GRAPH <http://example.com/classes/new/201106>
     { ?s <http://example.com/ns/sample#classTitle> ?classTitle } .
   }

does FROM NAMED add anything besides the ability to list a few graphs and then says GRAPH ?varName so that the graph pattern is applied to several graphs?

thanks,

Bob


On 11/17/2010 4:24 AM, Rob Vesse wrote:
FROM NAMED specifies Graphs that are used in GRAPH clauses

e.g.

SELECT * FROM NAMED<http://example.org/myGraph>  WHERE { ?s ?p ?o . GRAPH
?g { ?s ?x ?y }}

Would first find all triples from the default graph (which may in fact be
the union of several graphs) and then the GRAPH part would use Graphs
specified in FROM NAMED clauses to match additional triples.  At least
broadly speaking that is how it should work.  Actual implementations tend
to vary somewhat.

The difference should be that a FROM clause specifies a graph that forms
part of the default graph over which the query operates while the FROM
NAMED specifies Graphs used only in Graph clauses

Rob

On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:29:23 -0500, Bob DuCharme<[email protected]>  wrote:
I understand the various examples in the SPARQL spec that use FROM
NAMED, but I still don't completely understand what the FROM NAMED part
does, especially compared with FROM<http://some/uri>.

http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-sparql11-query-20101014/#namedGraphs says
"A query can supply IRIs for the named graphs in the RDF Dataset using
the FROM NAMED clause." If they're named graphs, don't they already have
IRIs as names? What is FROM NAMED adding here?

thanks,

Bob

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