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CIA World Fact Book

Dataset CIA World Fact Book
Licence ODC Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)
Published 7th March 2011
Updated 9th July 2010
Resources 256

CIA World Fact Book

ODC Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)

National Basic Intelligence Factbook produced semiannually until 1980. Country entries include sections on Land, Water, People, Government, Economy, Community and Defense Forces.

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Show me the information held about Ireland
Feargal Hogan
11th Aug 2011

This simple query will return all the triples related to the ns:Country Ireland

Query: 
PREFIX ns: <http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/factbook/ns#> DESCRIBE <http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/factbook/resource/Ireland>
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Which objects are defined in the dataset
Feargal Hogan
11th Aug 2011
Query: 
PREFIX ns: <http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/factbook/ns#> SELECT distinct ?o WHERE { ?s ?o ?p . } ORDER BY ?o
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All Country Names
Antoni Przygienda
15th Dec 2011

All country names

Query: 
SELECT ?name WHERE { ?country <http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/factbook/ns#name> ?name }
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Czech Republic
Antoni Przygienda
16th Dec 2011

Naming problems, spaces for underscores, not clear how to get many countries

Query: 
PREFIX ns: <http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/factbook/ns#> DESCRIBE <http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/factbook/resource/Czech_Repulic>
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