The
results
element
contains
the
complete
sequence
of
query
results.
For
each
Query
Solution
in
the
query
results,
a
result
child-element
of
results
is
added
giving
a
document
like:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<sparql xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/sparql-results#"
xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
its:version="2.0">
... head ...
<results>
<result>...
</result>
<result>...
</result>
...
</results>
</
sparql
>
Each
result
element
corresponds
to
one
Query
Solution
in
a
result
and
contains
child
elements
(in
no
particular
order)
for
each
Query
Variable
that
appears
in
the
solution.
It
is
used
to
record
how
the
query
variables
bind
to
RDF
Terms
.
Each
binding
inside
a
solution
is
written
as
an
element
binding
as
a
child
of
result
with
the
query
variable
name
as
the
value
of
the
name
attribute.
So
for
a
result
binding
two
variables
x
and
hpage
it
would
look
like:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<sparql xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/sparql-results#"
xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
its:version="2.0">
<head>
<variable name="x"/>
<variable name="hpage"/>
</head>
<results>
<result>
<binding name="x"> ... </binding>
<binding name="hpage"> ... </binding>
</result>
<result>
<binding name="x"> ... </binding>
<binding name="hpage"> ... </binding>
</result>
...
</results>
</
sparql
>
The
value
of
a
query
variable
binding,
which
is
an
RDF
Term
,
is
included
as
the
content
of
the
binding
as
follows:
-
RDF
URI
Reference
U
-
<binding><uri>
U
</uri></binding>
-
RDF
Literal
S
-
<binding><literal>
S
</literal></binding>
-
RDF
Literal
S
with
language
L
without
base
direction
-
<binding><literal
xml:lang="
L
">
S
</literal></binding>
-
RDF
Literal
S
with
language
L
with
base
direction
L
-
<binding><literal
xml:lang="
L
"
its:dir="
B
">
S
</literal></binding>
-
RDF
Typed
Literal
S
with
datatype
URI
D
-
<binding><literal
datatype="
D
">
S
</literal></binding>
-
Blank
Node
label
I
-
<binding><bnode>
I
</bnode></binding>
-
Triple
Term,
with
subject
S
,
predicate
P
,
object
O
-
<binding>
<triple>
<subject>
S
</subject>
<predicate>
P
</predicate>
<object>
O
</object>
</triple>
</binding>
If,
for
a
particular
solution,
a
variable
is
unbound
,
no
binding
element
for
that
variable
is
included
in
the
result
element.
S
,
P
,
and
O
in
Triple
Terms
are
encoded
recursively,
using
the
same
format,
without
the
enclosing
<binding>
tag
Note:
The
blank
node
label
I
is
scoped
to
the
result
set
XML
document
and
need
not
have
any
association
to
the
blank
node
label
for
that
RDF
Term
in
the
query
graph.
An
example
of
a
query
solution
encoded
in
this
format
is
as
follows:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<sparql xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/sparql-results#"
xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
its:version="2.0">
<head>
<variable name="x"/>
<variable name="hpage"/>
<variable name="name"/>
<variable name="age"/>
<variable name="mbox"/>
<variable name="friend"/>
</head>
<results>
<result>
<binding name="x">
<bnode>r2</bnode>
</binding>
<binding name="hpage">
<uri>http://work.example.org/bob/</uri>
</binding>
<binding name="name">
<literal xml:lang="en">Bob</literal>
</binding>
<binding name="age">
<literal datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#integer">30</literal>
</binding>
<binding name="mbox">
<uri>mailto:bob@work.example.org</uri>
</binding>
...
</results>
</
sparql
>
An
example
of
a
query
solution
that
includes
triple
terms
is
as
follows:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<sparql xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/sparql-results#"
xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
its:version="2.0">
<head>
<variable name="x"/>
<variable name="name"/>
<variable name="triple"/>
</head>
<results>
<result>
<binding name="x">
<bnode>r2</bnode>
</binding>
<binding name="name">
<literal xml:lang="en">Bob</literal>
</binding>
<binding name="triple">
<triple>
<subject>
<uri>http://example.org/alice</uri>
</subject>
<predicate>
<uri>http://example.org/name</uri>
</predicate>
<object>
<literal datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">Alice</literal>
</object>
</triple>
</binding>
</result>
...
</results>
</
sparql
>
As
an
alternative
to
including
the
xml:its
declaration
in
every
result
set,
the
namespace
can
be
declared
on
specific
elements
as
needed:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<sparql xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/sparql-results#">
<head>
<variable name="animal"/>
</head>
<results>
<result>
<binding name="animal">
<literal xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" its:version="2.0"
xml:lang="ar" its:dir="rtl">قطة</literal>
</binding>
</result>
<result>
<binding name="animal">
<literal xml:lang="en">cat</literal>
</binding>
</result>
<result>
<binding name="animal">
<literal xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" its:version="2.0"
xml:lang="fr" its:dir="ltr">chat</literal>
</binding>
</result>
</results>
</
sparql
>