How do I insert a language-tagged literal using a SPARQL INSERT DATA query?

Question

I have a problem with a query in SPARQL for a Sesame triplestore. I enter this query in "SPARQL Update" option of the Sesame workbench:

INSERT DATA { <http://www.example#test> rdfs:label "test_label"@en }

I would have this RDF result:

<rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.example#test">
     <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">test_label</rdfs:label>
</rdf:Description>

But I don't know how write the query in order to add xml:lang="en".

With my query, I have this error:

org.openrdf.query.UpdateExecutionException: org.openrdf.sail.SailException:
org.openrdf.rio.RDFParseException: Expected ':', found ' '

I don't manage to find the right syntax for my query.

As it stands your question is unanswerable, you haven't shown the code you use to execute this update so we can't reproduce your problem. Please provide a minimal complete example, you can use the **edit** button under your question to add more details — RobV, May 21 '14 at 15:25

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 21 '14 at 23:51

The SPARQL update query as you have it is correct. The error is caused by a bug in Sesame release 2.7.11 (see SES-2063).

A fix will be available in the next patch release. In the meantime, a workaround is to reformulate your query, as follows:

 INSERT { <http://www.example#test> rdfs:label "test_label"@en } WHERE {}

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