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use union in sparql query

I've got this SPARQL query between 2 DBpedia resources: France and Alstom

select * where{
<http://dbpedia.org/resource/France> ?pre ?obj.

?obj ?pre1 <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Alstom>
}

and it returns nothing

but if I reverse the subject and the object like this:

select * where{
<http://dbpedia.org/resource/Alstom> ?pre ?obj.
?obj ?pre1 <http://dbpedia.org/resource/France>
}

the query returns some results..

SPARQL Result

is there any way to merge the two queries using UNION?

Solution

  • Based on your comment, you just need a straightforward union with the following syntax: 

    prefix dbpedia: <http://dbpedia.org/resource/>
select * where{
{
    dbpedia:France ?pre ?obj.
    ?obj ?pre1 dbpedia:Alstom.
}
Union {
    dbpedia:Alstom ?pre ?obj.
?obj ?pre1 dbpedia:France
}
}