foafpaths.py

"""
SPARQL 1.1 defines path operators for combining/repeating predicates
in triple-patterns.

We overload some Python operators on URIRefs to allow creating path
operators directly in Python.

============ =========================================
Operator     Path
============ =========================================
``p1 / p2``  Path sequence
``p1 | p2``  Path alternative
``p1 * '*'`` chain of 0 or more p's
``p1 * '+'`` chain of 1 or more p's
``p1 * '?'`` 0 or 1 p
``~p1``      p1 inverted, i.e. (s p1 o) <=> (o ~p1 s)
``-p1``      NOT p1, i.e. any property but p1
============ =========================================


These can then be used in property position for ``s,p,o`` triple queries
for any graph method.

See the docs for :mod:`rdflib.paths` for the details.

This example shows how to get the name of friends (i.e values two steps away x knows y, y name z) with a single query.
"""

from pathlib import Path

from rdflib import Graph, URIRef
from rdflib.namespace import FOAF

EXAMPLES_DIR = Path(__file__).parent

if __name__ == "__main__":
    g = Graph()
    g.parse(f"{EXAMPLES_DIR / 'foaf.n3'}")

    tim = URIRef("http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/card#i")

    print("Timbl knows:")

    for o in g.objects(tim, FOAF.knows / FOAF.name):
        print(o)