chrysn / rdflib.js

Linked Data API for JavaScript

rdflib.js

Javascript RDF library for browsers and NodeJS.

• Reads and writes RDF/xml, turtle and N3.
• Read/Write Linked Data client, using WebDav or SPARQL/Update
• Parses RDF/a. (rdflib-rdfa.js version only)
• Local API for querying store
• SPARQL queries (not full SPARQL)
• Smushing of nodes from owl:sameAs, and owl:{f,inverseF}unctionProperty
• Tracks provence of triples keeps metadata (in RDF) from HTTP accesses

Install

Browser

Install dependencies you may need to generate the js file.

$ npm install -g coffee-script nodeunit   

Generate the dist directory

$ make

NodeJS

Make sure you have NodeJS and Node Package Manager (npm) installed.

npm install --save rdflib

Documentation

Possible out of date information is available from here: http://dig.csail.mit.edu/2005/ajar/ajaw/Developer.html.

Contribute

Subdirectories

• dist, Run 'make' in this directory to generate dist in whch libraries are buit
• test, Tests are here.

Dependencies

- jQuery   (rdfa version only)
- jQuery, XMLHTTPRequest (Node.js version)

Thanks

Thanks to the many contributors who have been involved along the way. LinkedData team & TimBL

LICENSE

MIT