Sparql path properties in rdflib

[sergeitarasov]

Hi,
I wonder if R rdflib supports path properties in sparql queries, e.g., '+', '*', '/', etc? For example, I tried few queries:

WHERE {
dry:phenotype_17956 rdfs:subClassOf/rdfs:subClassOf ?x .
}'

WHERE {
dry:phenotype_17956 rdfs:subClassOf* ?x .
}'

and all of them return the same error about the syntax:

librdf error - syntax error, unexpected '/'
rdf_query_results.c:422: (librdf_query_results_to_string2) assertion failed: object pointer of type librdf_query_results is NULL.
Error: file must be a string, raw vector or a connection.

Cheers, Sergei

[amoeba]

Hi @sergeitarasov: rdflib is built on the redlands R package which is built on the redlands library which uses the Rasqal library for SPARQL queries which does not support Property Path expressions. See "Supported Query Languages" on that page. I think that explains your error.

[sergeitarasov]

ok! Thanks for the prompt reply!

[cboettig]

Thanks @amoeba ! @sergeitarasov , just in case it is helpful, Bryce and I have an alternative R package, https://github.com/ropensci/virtuoso, which uses virtuoso instead of redlands as the backend. I haven't actually tried Property Path expressions in virtuoso either, but have often found it covers cases that redlands library does not.

[amoeba]

Good call, @cboettig. I'd bet they work there.

[sergeitarasov]

Thanks @cboettig ! I've just tried Virtuoso and it supports, at least some (like '/'), path expression.