GeoSPARQL 1.1

... an update of GeoSPARQL 1.0 with non-breaking changes - the current standard

• Specification
• Ontology
• Profile
• Functions
• Rules
• Requirements and Conformance Classes
• Simple Features Definition
• Service Description
  • All Functions
  • All Conformance Classes
  • All Extensions

GeoSPARQL Next

... in-development GeoSPARQL draft. These files are auto-built from the GeoSPARQL Code Repository's content.

• Specification HTML
• Ontology
• Profile
• Functions
• Rules
• Requirements and Conformance Classes
• Topological Functions
  • Simple Features Definition
  • Egenhofer
  • RCC8
  • RCC9
• Geocoding Types
• Service Description
  • All Functions
  • All Conformance Classes
  • All Extensions

GeoSPARQL ISO

... an ISO-conformant version of GeoSPARQL 1.1

• This version of GeoSPARQL is a co-adopted version of GeoSPARQL 1.1 to be published by the International Organization for Standardization as ISO 19186-1 which, as of July 2026, is in draft.
• This standard is being prepared by Technical Committee 211 Geographic information/Geomatics.

GeoSPARQL 1.0

... the original version of GeoSPARQL published by the OGC in 2012.

• GeoSPARQL 1.0 Specification (PDF)
• GeoSPARQL 1.0 RDF assets
  See the OGC Geosemantics Domain Working Group's repository

Related Work

• GeoSPARQL 1.0 Compliance Benchmark [DOI] [GITHUB] [SOFTWARE]
• GeoSPARQL 1.1: Motivations, Details and Applications of the Decadal Update to the Most Important Geospatial LOD Standard [DOI]

Projects using GeoSPARQL

• Data of the ancient roman border Limes [GITHUB] [DOC]

Best Practice Document Drafts

...drafts of Best Practice documents which are related to the GeoSPARQL standard

• No documents to be referred to yet