# Vanderbilt Libraries SPARQL Endpoint

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/vanderbilt/sparql/  
**Provider:** Vanderbilt University — https://apis.io/providers/vanderbilt/  
**Base URL:** https://sparql.vanderbilt.edu  
**Documentation:** https://sparql.vanderbilt.edu/sparql

Vanderbilt Libraries SPARQL Endpoint is one of 10 APIs that [Vanderbilt University](https://apis.io/providers/vanderbilt/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Linked Data, SPARQL, RDF, Semantic Web, and Digital Scholarship. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

Public, unauthenticated SPARQL 1.1 Protocol endpoint on Vanderbilt's own domain, operated by the Heard Libraries' Linked Data, Wikidata and Semantic Web working groups. Holds 14,366,116 triples across named graphs covering Bioimages, the Apulian vase collection, Syriaca.org, SPEAR, Architectura Sinica, TDWG vocabularies and Getty AAT extracts. Query-via-GET and query-via-POST bindings both verified returning application/sparql-results+json.

## Operations (2)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/sparql` | Execute a SPARQL query via URL-encoded GET |
| POST | `/sparql` | Execute a SPARQL query via direct POST |

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vanderbilt/refs/heads/main/openapi/vanderbilt-sparql-openapi.yml
- **Vocabulary** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vanderbilt/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/vanderbilt-linked-data-vocabulary.yml
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/HeardLibrary/linked-data

## Other Vanderbilt University APIs (9)

- [Vanderbilt Television News Archive API](https://apis.io/apis/vanderbilt/television-news-archive/)
- [Vanderbilt Institutional Repository (VUIR)](https://apis.io/apis/vanderbilt/institutional-repository/)
- [Vanderbilt Institutional Repository OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/vanderbilt/institutional-repository-oai-pmh/)
- [Vanderbilt Okta Identity Provider (OneVU)](https://apis.io/apis/vanderbilt/onevu-identity/)
- [Vanderbilt Microsoft Entra ID Tenant](https://apis.io/apis/vanderbilt/entra-identity/)
- [VUIR Shibboleth Service Provider](https://apis.io/apis/vanderbilt/shibboleth-service-provider/)
- [Ex Libris Primo / Alma Library Discovery (01VAN_INST)](https://apis.io/apis/vanderbilt/primo-discovery/)
- [Crossref Membership — Vanderbilt University Library](https://apis.io/apis/vanderbilt/crossref-member/)
- [ROR Registration — Vanderbilt University](https://apis.io/apis/vanderbilt/ror/)

## Tags

Linked Data, SPARQL, RDF, Semantic Web, Digital Scholarship

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