Interface RDFSyntax

public interface RDFSyntax

An RDF syntax, e.g. as used for parsing and writing RDF.

An RDF syntax is uniquely identified by its mediaType(), and has a suggested fileExtension().

Some of the RDF syntaxes may supportsDataset(), meaning they can represent Quads.

An enumeration of the official RDF 1.1 syntaxes is available in W3CRDFSyntax - for convenience they are also accessible as constants here, e.g. RDFSyntax.JSONLD.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final RDFSyntax	JSONLD	JSON-LD 1.0
static final RDFSyntax	NQUADS	RDF 1.1 N-Quads
static final RDFSyntax	NTRIPLES	RDF 1.1 N-Triples
static final RDFSyntax	RDFA	HTML+RDFa 1.1 and XHTML+RDFa 1.1
static final RDFSyntax	RDFXML	RDF 1.1 XML Syntax
static final RDFSyntax	TRIG	RDF 1.1 TriG
static final RDFSyntax	TURTLE	RDF 1.1 Turtle

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Optional<RDFSyntax>	byFileExtension(String fileExtension)	Return the RDFSyntax with the specified file extension.
static Optional<RDFSyntax>	byMediaType(String mediaType)	Return the RDFSyntax with the specified media type.
static Optional<RDFSyntax>	byName(String name)	Return the RDFSyntax with the specified name().
boolean	equals(Object obj)	Compare this RDFSyntax with another object.
String	fileExtension()	The IANA-registered file extension.
default Set<String>	fileExtensions()	Set of file extensions for this RDF syntax, including any non-official extensions.
int	hashCode()	The hash code of an RDFSyntax is equivalent to the hash code of the mediaType() in lower case according to String.toLowerCase(Locale) with the locale Locale.ROOT.
IRI	iri()	Return the IRI that identifies the RDF syntax.
String	mediaType()	The IANA media type for the RDF syntax.
default Set<String>	mediaTypes()	Set of IANA media types that covers this RDF syntax, including any non-official media types.
String	name()	A short name of the RDF Syntax e.g.
boolean	supportsDataset()	Indicate if this RDF syntax supports RDF Datasets.
String	title()	The title of the RDF Syntax.
static Set<RDFSyntax>	w3cSyntaxes()	Return the RDF 1.1 serialization syntaxes.

Field Details

JSONLD

static final RDFSyntax JSONLD

JSON-LD 1.0

See Also:

• https://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld/

TURTLE

static final RDFSyntax TURTLE

RDF 1.1 Turtle

See Also:

• https://www.w3.org/TR/turtle/

NQUADS

static final RDFSyntax NQUADS

RDF 1.1 N-Quads

See Also:

• https://www.w3.org/TR/n-quads/

NTRIPLES

static final RDFSyntax NTRIPLES

RDF 1.1 N-Triples

See Also:

• https://www.w3.org/TR/n-triples/

RDFA

static final RDFSyntax RDFA

HTML+RDFa 1.1 and XHTML+RDFa 1.1

See Also:

• https://www.w3.org/TR/html-rdfa/
• https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-rdfa/

RDFXML

static final RDFSyntax RDFXML

RDF 1.1 XML Syntax

See Also:

• https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/

TRIG

static final RDFSyntax TRIG

RDF 1.1 TriG

See Also:

• https://www.w3.org/TR/trig/

Method Details

name

String name()

A short name of the RDF Syntax e.g. JSONLD.

The name is specific to Commons RDF and carries no particular meaning.

Returns:

Short name for RDF syntax

title

String title()

The title of the RDF Syntax.

This is generally the title of the corresponding standard, e.g. RDF 1.1 Turtle.

Returns:

Title of RDF Syntax

mediaType

String mediaType()

The IANA media type for the RDF syntax.

The media type can be used as part of Content-Type and Accept for content negotiation in the HTTP protocol.

Returns:

The registered media type of the RDF Syntax

mediaTypes

default Set<String> mediaTypes()

Set of IANA media types that covers this RDF syntax, including any non-official media types.

The media type can be used as part of Content-Type and Accept for content negotiation in the HTTP protocol.

The returned Set MUST include the value mediaType(); this is the behaviour of the default implementation.

Returns:

The media types corresponding to the RDF Syntax

fileExtension

String fileExtension()

The IANA-registered file extension.

The file extension includes the leading period, e.g. .jsonld

Returns:

The registered file extension of the RDF Syntax

fileExtensions

default Set<String> fileExtensions()

Set of file extensions for this RDF syntax, including any non-official extensions.

The file extension includes the leading period, e.g. .jsonld

The returned Set MUST include the value from fileExtension(); this is the behaviour of the default implementation.

Returns:

The file extensions corresponding to the RDF Syntax

supportsDataset

boolean supportsDataset()

Indicate if this RDF syntax supports RDF Datasets.

Returns:

true if this RDF Syntax supports datasets; false otherwise

iri

IRI iri()

Return the IRI that identifies the RDF syntax.

Note that the identifying IRI is generally distinct from the IRI of the document that specifies the RDF syntax.

Returns:

Identifying IRI, e.g. http://www.w3.org/ns/formats/JSON-LD

equals

boolean equals(Object obj)

Compare this RDFSyntax with another object.

Two RDFSyntaxes are considered equal if their mediaType()s are equal when compared as lower case strings according to String.toLowerCase(Locale) with the locale Locale.ROOT.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - the object with which to compare

Returns:

true if this object is the same as the obj argument; false otherwise

hashCode

int hashCode()

The hash code of an RDFSyntax is equivalent to the hash code of the mediaType() in lower case according to String.toLowerCase(Locale) with the locale Locale.ROOT.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

Hash code of RDFSyntax

w3cSyntaxes

static Set<RDFSyntax> w3cSyntaxes()

Return the RDF 1.1 serialization syntaxes.

This lists the W3C standardized RDF 1.1 syntaxes like TURTLE and JSONLD. Note the existence of other RDF syntaxes that are not included here, e.g. N3 and TriX.

The syntaxes returned only support the mediaType() and fileExtension() as defined in the corresponding W3C specification.

Returns:

A set of the official RDF 1.1 RDFSyntaxes.

See Also:

• RDF 1.1 Primer
• RDFParser

byMediaType

static Optional<RDFSyntax> byMediaType(String mediaType)

Return the RDFSyntax with the specified media type.

The mediaType is compared in lower case to all media types supported, therefore it might not be equal to the mediaType() of the returned RDFSyntax.

If the media type specifies parameters, e.g. text/turtle; charset=ascii, only the part of the string to before ; is considered.

This method support all syntaxes returned by w3cSyntaxes().

Parameters:

mediaType - The media type to match

Returns:

If Optional.isPresent(), the RDFSyntax which has a matching mediaType(), otherwise Optional.empty() indicating that no matching syntax was found.

byFileExtension

static Optional<RDFSyntax> byFileExtension(String fileExtension)

Return the RDFSyntax with the specified file extension.

The fileExtension is compared in lower case to all extensions supported, therefore it might not be equal to the fileExtension() of the returned RDFSyntax.

This method support all syntaxes returned by w3cSyntaxes().

Parameters:

fileExtension - The fileExtension to match, starting with .

Returns:

If Optional.isPresent(), the RDFSyntax which has a matching fileExtension(), otherwise Optional.empty() indicating that no matching file extension was found.

byName

static Optional<RDFSyntax> byName(String name)

Return the RDFSyntax with the specified name().

This method support all syntaxes returned by w3cSyntaxes().

Parameters:

name - The name to match, , e.g. "JSONLD"

Returns:

If Optional.isPresent(), the RDFSyntax which has a matching name(), otherwise Optional.empty() indicating that no matching name was found.