Definition: GraphQL is a query language and runtime specification for APIs that lets a client request precisely the fields and nested relationships it needs from a graph-shaped schema in a single request, as an alternative to fixed-response REST endpoints.
Last modification: 2026-07-10
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/dr8/GraphQL
LOST view: Semantic Web Data Formats Solutions View
EIRA concept: eira:SolutionBuildingBlock
ABB name: eira:GraphQL
Synonym: GraphQL Query Language
Interoperability Saliency: Salient for technical interoperability because it standardises a flexible, client-driven query contract for graph-shaped application data, complementing the REST/HL7 FHIR API approach used elsewhere in the platform.
Interoperability Dimension: Structural IoP
Additional identifier: http://data.europa.eu/dr8/GraphQL
EIF Layer: Semantic
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| eira:concept | eira:SolutionBuildingBlock |
| eira:PURI | http://data.europa.eu/dr8/GraphQL |
| dct:type | eira:GraphQL |
| dct:modified | 2026-07-10 |
| eira:synonym | GraphQL Query Language |
| skos:definition | GraphQL is a query language and runtime specification for APIs that lets a client request precisely the fields and nested relationships it needs from a graph-shaped schema in a single request, as an alternative to fixed-response REST endpoints. |
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| eira:iopSaliency | Salient for technical interoperability because it standardises a flexible, client-driven query contract for graph-shaped application data, complementing the REST/HL7 FHIR API approach used elsewhere in the platform. |
| eira:iopDimension | Structural IoP |
| eira:view | Semantic Web Data Formats Solutions View |
| dct:identifier | http://data.europa.eu/dr8/GraphQL |
| eira:eifLayer | Semantic |