SPARQL (pronounced "sparkle") is a query language and protocol used for accessing and querying data stored in Resource Description Framework (RDF) format. RDF is a standard model for data interchange on the web, which encodes information in a graph structure using triples: subject-predicate-object expressions. SPARQL allows users to: 1. **Query RDF Data**: It can retrieve and manipulate data stored in RDF format from various sources, including databases, files, and endpoints.
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