joeyjojo-zz / rdflib.js

Linked Data API for JavaScript

This is a library for working with RDF on the web.

LICENSE: MIT

Originally targetted at the AJAX environment in the browser, it can also be used server side with for example Node.js.

Possible out of date information is available from here:

http://dig.csail.mit.edu/2005/ajar/ajaw/Developer.html

This is a linked data library, which can look up data on the web as it goes.

• 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

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)

INSTALL

Install the Node Package Manager https://npmjs.org/ As root run

$ npm install -g coffee-script nodeunit   

Run make to generate the dist directory

THANKS

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