Type name:
application

Subtype name:
sparql-query

Required parameters:
None

Optional parameters:
None

Encoding considerations:
The syntax of the SPARQL Query Language is expressed over code points in Unicode [UNICODE]. The encoding is always UTF-8 [RFC3629].
Unicode code points may also be expressed using an \uXXXX (U+0 to U+FFFF) or \UXXXXXXXX syntax (for U+10000 onwards) where X is a hexadecimal digit [0-9A-F]

Security considerations:
See SPARQL Query appendix C, Security Considerations as well as RFC 3629 [RFC3629] section 7, Security Considerations.

Interoperability considerations:
There are no known interoperability issues.

Published specification:
This specification.

Applications which use this media type:
No known applications currently use this media type.

Additional information:

Magic number(s):
A SPARQL query may have the string 'PREFIX' (case independent) near the beginning of the document.

File extension(s):
".rq"

Base URI:
The SPARQL 'BASE <IRIref>' term can change the current base URI for relative IRIrefs in the query language that are used sequentially later in the document.

Macintosh file type code(s):
"TEXT"

Person & email address to contact for further information:
public-rdf-dawg-comments&w3.org

Intended usage:
COMMON

Restrictions on usage:
None

Author/Change controller:
The SPARQL specification is a work product of the World Wide Web Consortium's RDF Data Access Working Group. The W3C has change control over these specifications.