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 # SPARQL 1.2 Community Group
 
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 Welcome to the [SPARQL 1.2 Community Group](https://www.w3.org/community/sparql-12/) github repository.
 
 [Mailing list archive](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sparql-12/).