Using SPARQL With Gazettes Data

The SPARQL endpoint for Gazettes data is available at http://gov.tso.co.uk/gazettes/sparql.

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Sample Queries

  • Select the first 100 notices after a given date. 
    PREFIX rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>
PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>
PREFIX gzt: <http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/ontology#>

SELECT ?n WHERE
 {
   ?n a gzt:Notice .
   ?n gzt:hasPublicationDate ?d .
   FILTER (?d >= "2010-09-01"^^xsd:date)
 }
 ORDER BY ?d
 LIMIT 100
    Insert
  • The RDF description of each notice is stored in a separate named graph, so all of the RDF for the notice can be retrieved with the following query. 
    PREFIX rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>
PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>

CONSTRUCT { ?s ?p ?o } WHERE
 { 
   GRAPH <http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/id/issues/59588/notices/1232023> {?s ?p ?o }
 }
    Insert