A user-friendly SPARQL query editor powered by lightweight metadata
Databases
2025-04-23 v2
Abstract
SPARQL query editors often lack intuitive interfaces to aid SPARQL-savvy users to write queries. To address this issue, we propose an easy-to-deploy, triple store-agnostic and open-source query editor that offers three main features: (i) automatic query example rendering, (ii) precise autocomplete based on existing triple patterns including within SERVICE clauses, and (iii) a data-aware schema visualization. It can be easily set up with a custom HTML element. The tool has been successfully tested on various public endpoints, and is deployed online at https://sib-swiss.github.io/sparql-editor with open-source code available at https://github.com/sib-swiss/sparql-editor.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2503.02688,
title = {A user-friendly SPARQL query editor powered by lightweight metadata},
author = {Vincent Emonet and Ana-Claudia Sima and Tarcisio Mendes de Farias},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.02688},
year = {2025}
}