---
title: SPARQL Snips
---

## Find term, label, and description for strings

PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX UBERON: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_>
PREFIX IAO: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_>

SELECT DISTINCT ?s ?label ?desc
FROM <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/merged/CL>
WHERE {
  ?s rdfs:label ?label .
  ?s IAO:0000115 ?desc .
  FILTER(
    regex(?label, "^abnormal cell$", "i") ||
    regex(?label, "^leukocyte$", "i")
  )
}

Endpoint: <http://www.ontobee.org/sparql> \
API Endpoint: <http://sparql.hegroup.org/sparql/>

## Find Description for a term

PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX UBERON: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_>
PREFIX IAO: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_>

SELECT DISTINCT ?desc
WHERE {
  UBERON:0004539 IAO:0000115 ?desc .
}

Endpoint: <http://www.ontobee.org/sparql> \
API Endpoint: <http://sparql.hegroup.org/sparql/>

## Find label and description for a term

PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX UBERON: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_>
PREFIX IAO: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_>

SELECT DISTINCT ?label ?desc
WHERE {
  UBERON:0004539 rdfs:label ?label .
  UBERON:0004539 IAO:0000115 ?desc .
}

Endpoint: <http://www.ontobee.org/sparql> \
API Endpoint: <http://sparql.hegroup.org/sparql/>