apache / apache/jena

Generating of syntactically incorrect queries when evaluating a service pattern

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Description

### Version

5.3.0

### What happened?

I have noticed that during the evaluation of a federated query, Jena performs substitution of a variable for a RDF term even in cases where the given RDF term cannot be valid.

This can be demonstrated by the following federated query:

```sparql
SELECT * WHERE {
VALUES ?P { "literal" }

SERVICE {
?S ?P ?O.
}
}
```

Jena sends the following query to the endpoint:

```sparql
SELECT *
WHERE
{ ?S "literal" ?O }
```

However, such a query is not syntactically correct.

### Relevant output and stacktrace

```shell

```

### Are you interested in making a pull request?

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue with the supplied federated SPARQL query, especially the SERVICE pattern and VALUES binding for ?P. Trace the federated-query evaluation that produces the remote query, and consider the result complete when invalid RDF terms are not substituted into syntactically invalid queries sent to the endpoint.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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