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Variations/FRBR SPARQL Endpoint

This endpoint uses the same dataset searchable by the V/FRBR Scherzo search tool.
Both are means of exploring FRBR-ized MARC music records. See Scherzo,
as well as the V/FRBR project site, for further information.

Input query, set any options and press "Get Results".


Output XML: with XSLT style sheet (leave blank for none):
or JSON output:
or text output:
or CSV output:
or TSV output:
Force the accept header to text/plain regardless

Example queries

Expressions where Joshua Bell contributed (isRealizedByPerson) 

   SELECT ?expression 
   WHERE { 
       ?expression <http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbrer/P2013> <http://vfrbr.info/person/3434> .
   }

Persons born in 1969

   SELECT  ?person
   WHERE { 
       ?person <http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbrer/P3040> $yearborn .
        FILTER REGEX(?yearborn, "1969-")
   }

Persons born in 1969 who have contributed to works that are "Motion picture music" 

   SELECT DISTINCT ?person
   WHERE { 
       $work <http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbrer/P3002> "Motion picture music"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string> .
       $work <http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbrer/P2001> $expression .
       $expression <http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbrer/P2013> ?person .
       ?person <http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/frbr/frbrer/P3040> $yearborn .
       FILTER REGEX($yearborn,"1969")
   }