Title: ARQ - A SPARQL Processor for Jena

ARQ is a query engine for [Jena](http://jena.apache.org) that
supports the
[SPARQL RDF Query language](http://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-query/).
SPARQL is the query language developed by the W3C
[RDF Data Access Working Group](http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/).

## ARQ Features

-   Standard SPARQL
-   Free text search via Lucene
-   SPARQL/Update
-   Access and extension of the SPARQL algebra
-   Support for custom filter functions
-   Property functions for custom processing of semantic
    relationships
-   Aggregation, GROUP BY and assignment as SPARQL extensions
-   Support for federated query
-   Support for extension to other storage systems
-   Client-support for remote access to any SPARQL endpoint

## Introduction

-   [A Brief Tutorial on SPARQL](/tutorials/sparql.html)
-   [Application API](app_api.html) - covers the majority of
    application usages
-   [Frequently Asked Questions](faq.html)
-   [ARQ Support](support.html)
-   Application [javadoc](/documentation/javadoc/arq/index.html)
-   [Command line utilities](cmds.html)
-   [Logging](logging.html)
-   [Explaining queries](explain.html)
-   [Tutorial: manipulating SPARQL using ARQ](manipulating_sparql_using_arq.html)
-   [Basic federated query (`SERVICE`)](service.html)

## Advanced SPARQL use

Features of ARQ that are legal SPARQL syntax.

-   [Free text searches](../larq/)
-   [Accessing lists](rdf_lists.html) (RDF collections)
-   [Extension mechanisms](extension.html)
    -   [Filter Functions](extension.html#valueFunctions)
    -   [Property Functions](extension.html#propertyFunctions)

-   Library
    -   [Filter function library](library-function.html)
    -   [Property function library](library-propfunc.html)

-   [Writing ARQ FILTER functions](writing_functions.html)
-   [Querying remote SPARQL services](sparql-remote.html)
-   [Constructing queries programmatically](programmatic.html)
-   [ARQ and the SPARQL algebra](algebra.html)
-   [Extending ARQ query execution and accessing different storage implementations](arq-query-eval.html)

## Extensions

Feature of ARQ that go beyond SPARQL syntax. The default query
language is standard SPARQL. These features require the query to be
parsed with an explicit declaration of `Syntax.syntaxARQ`.

-   [Property paths](property_paths.html)
-   [GROUP BY and counting](group-by.html)
-   [SELECT expressions](select_expr.html)
-   [Sub-SELECT](sub-select.html)
-   [Negation](negation.html)
-   [LET variable assignment](assignment.html)
-   [Conditions in FILTERs](function_forms.html)

## Update

ARQ supports the W3C standard SPARQL Update language as well as the
precursor submission to W3C. Using the standard is preferred;
support for the submission is for legacy use.

-   [SPARQL Update](http://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-update/)
-   [SPARQL/Update Submission](http://www.w3.org/Submission/SPARQL-Update/)
-   [The ARQ SPARQL/Update API](update.html)

## See Also

- [Joseki](http://www.joseki.org) - Server implementation of the SPARQL protocol.
- [TDB - A SPARQL database for Jena](../tdb), a pure Java persistence layer for large graphs, high performance applications and embedded use.
- [SDB - A SPARQL database for Jena](../sdb), using SQL databases.

## W3C Documents

-   [SPARQL Query Language specification](http://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-query/)
-   [SPARQL Query Results XML Format](http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-XMLres/)
-   [SPARQL Protocol](http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-protocol/)

## Articles

Articles and documentation elsewhere:

-   [Introducing SPARQL: Querying the Semantic Web](http://xml.com/lpt/a/2005/11/16/introducing-sparql-querying-semantic-web-tutorial.html)
    ([xml.com](http://www.xml.com/) article by Leigh Dodds)
-   [Search RDF data with SPARQL](http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/j-sparql/)
    (by Phil McCarthy) - article published on IBM developer works about
    SPARQL and Jena.
-   [SPARQL reference card](http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/people/cmdjb/2005/04-sparql/)
    (by [Dave Beckett](http://www.ilrt.bristol.ac.uk/people/cmdjb/))
-   [Parameterised Queries with SPARQL and ARQ](http://www.ldodds.com/blog/archives/000251.html)
    (by Leigh Dodds)
-   [Writing an ARQ Extension Function](http://www.ldodds.com/blog/archives/000252.html)
    (by Leigh Dodds)

## Miscellaneous Resources

-   [Turtle](http://www.w3.org/TeamSubmission/turtle/) - a non-XML
    RDF serialization

## Online Demo

Online [Query Form](http://www.sparql.org/query.html) for
experimenting with SPARQL queries.