Experiencing Wikidata Query Service
Today, I took the time to explore Wikidata SPARQL. The first query I ran involved locating triples that had an instance of house cat. The query results appeared in a spreadsheet style format below my search. After learning how to perform these queries, I was able to explore Wikidata and craft my very own queries. To start, I did a simple transition from house cats (Q146) to sloth (Q2274076). Since I kept my property the same but changed the value, I received the same type of exhaustive list that house cats produced but for sloths. Feeling semi-confident about venturing into new queries, I performed additional property value searches that would allow me to text my knowledge of the overall process. During one of my explorations, I wanted to explore books that fell within the same series as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone . At first, I attempted my query with the property as part of the series (P179) with the value as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Q102438). This sea...