SPARQL not returning correct result

Question

There is an RDF file about bird here.

I'm trying to run the following sparql on it:

PREFIX dc:<http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
PREFIX wo:<http://purl.org/ontology/wo/>
PREFIX rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>
PREFIX dc:<http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
PREFIX wo:<http://purl.org/ontology/wo/>
PREFIX rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>
PREFIX rdfs:<http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX foaf:<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
PREFIX po:<http://purl.org/ontology/po/>
PREFIX owl:<http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#>

select * where { <http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Bird#class> dc:description ?y .}

It should have returned me one results because this file contains the following:

<wo:Class rdf:about="/nature/life/Bird#class">
      <rdfs:label>Birds</rdfs:label>
      <wo:name rdf:resource="http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/class/Bird#name" />
      <foaf:depiction rdf:resource="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/naturelibrary/images/ic/640x360/b/bi/bird/bird_1.jpg" />
      <dc:description>
         Birds are a class of vertebrates. They are bipedal, warm-blooded, have a covering of feathers, and their front limbs are modified into wings. Some birds, such as penguins and ostriches, have lost the power of flight. All birds lay eggs. Because birds are warm-blooded, their eggs have to be incubated to keep the embryos inside warm, or they will perish.
         <br />
         <br />
         <a href="/nature/19700707">All you need to know about British birds.</a>
      </dc:description>
      <owl:sameAs rdf:resource="http://dbpedia.org/resource/Bird" />
      <wo:phylum rdf:resource="/nature/life/Chordate#phylum" />
      <wo:kingdom rdf:resource="/nature/life/Animal#kingdom" />
   </wo:Class>

However, it is not returning any results. I'm using twinkle sparql client. I'm trying the same sparql for another rdf file for Mammal located here with the following sparql:

select * where { <http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Mammal#class> dc:description ?y .}

and the same prefixes as above. For this one, I'm getting results.

So the problem lies in the rdf file of the bird. I'm not being able to find the problem. Can anyone help?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 02 '14 at 17:26

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The data file Bird.rdf causes validator errors:

See http://www.w3.org/RDF/Validator/

with this operation

http://www.w3.org/RDF/Validator/rdfval?URI=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnature%2Flife%2FBird.rdf&PARSE=Parse+URI%3A+&TRIPLES_AND_GRAPH=PRINT_TRIPLES&FORMAT=PNG_EMBED

May be this is causing the non-match in SPARQL. The dc:description is invalid.

answered Jan 02 '14 at 17:26

AndyS

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Does it means its not possible to interpret the dc:description node. When I'm using RDFLIb to extract this node, it is returning as a BNode. Is it possible to extract the text from BNode – Noor Jan 02 '14 at 18:18

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