What’s New in SPARQL 1.2

W3C Group Note Draft

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https://www.w3.org/TR/2026/DNOTE-sparql12-new-20260714/
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https://www.w3.org/TR/sparql12-new/
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https://w3c.github.io/sparql-new/spec/
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https://www.w3.org/standards/history/sparql12-new/
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Ora Lassila
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Abstract

This specification does neat stuff.

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This is an unofficial proposal.

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1. Introduction

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A. References

A.1 Informative references

[SPARQL12-CONCEPTS]
SPARQL 1.2 Concepts. The W3C RDF & SPARQL Working Group. W3C. W3C Editor's Draft. URL: https://w3c.github.io/sparql-concepts/spec/
[SPARQL12-ENTAILMENT]
SPARQL 1.2 Entailment Regimes. Peter Patel-Schneider. W3C. 9 April 2026. W3C Working Draft. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/sparql12-entailment/
[SPARQL12-FEDERATED-QUERY]
SPARQL 1.2 Federated Query. Ruben Taelman; Gregory Williams. W3C. 23 April 2026. W3C Working Draft. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/sparql12-federated-query/
[SPARQL12-GRAPH-STORE-PROTOCOL]
SPARQL 1.2 Graph Store Protocol. Andy Seaborne; Thomas Pellissier Tanon. W3C. 19 December 2024. W3C Working Draft. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/sparql12-graph-store-protocol/
[SPARQL12-PROTOCOL]
SPARQL 1.2 Protocol. Andy Seaborne; Ruben Taelman; Gregory Williams; Thomas Pellissier Tanon. W3C. 26 April 2026. W3C Working Draft. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/sparql12-protocol/
[SPARQL12-QUERY]
SPARQL 1.2 Query Language. Olaf Hartig; Andy Seaborne; Ruben Taelman; Gregory Williams; Thomas Pellissier Tanon. W3C. 25 June 2026. W3C Working Draft. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/sparql12-query/
[SPARQL12-RESULTS-CSV-TSV]
SPARQL 1.2 Query Results CSV and TSV Formats. Ruben Taelman; Gregory Williams; Thomas Pellissier Tanon. W3C. 28 March 2026. W3C Working Draft. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/sparql12-results-csv-tsv/
[SPARQL12-RESULTS-JSON]
SPARQL 1.2 Query Results JSON Format. Andy Seaborne; Ruben Taelman; Gregory Williams; Thomas Pellissier Tanon. W3C. 28 March 2026. W3C Working Draft. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/sparql12-results-json/
[SPARQL12-RESULTS-XML]
SPARQL 1.2 Query Results XML Format. Ruben Taelman; Dominik Tomaszuk; Thomas Pellissier Tanon. W3C. 27 December 2024. W3C Working Draft. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/sparql12-results-xml/
[SPARQL12-SERVICE-DESCRIPTION]
SPARQL 1.2 Service Description. Ruben Taelman; Gregory Williams. W3C. 23 April 2026. W3C Working Draft. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/sparql12-service-description/
[SPARQL12-UPDATE]
SPARQL 1.2 Update. Ruben Taelman; Andy Seaborne; Thomas Pellissier Tanon. W3C. 12 June 2026. W3C Working Draft. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/sparql12-update/