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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def describe(self, uri, format="", convert=True):
 		""" 		A simple DESCRIBE query with no 'where' arguments. 'uri' is the resource you want to describe. 		TODO: there are some errors with describe queries, due to the results being sent back 		For the moment we're not using them much.. needs to be tested more. 		"""

		lines = ["PREFIX %s: <%s>" % (k, r) for k, r in self.prefixes.iteritems()]
		if uri.startswith("http://"):
			lines.extend(["DESCRIBE <%s>" % uri])
		else:  # it's a shortened uri
			lines.extend(["DESCRIBE %s" % uri])
		query = "\n".join(lines)


		if self.verbose:
			print(query, "\n\n")

		return self.__doQuery(query, format, convert)