.. rdflib documentation documentation main file ================ rdflib |release| ================ RDFLib is a pure Python package for working with `RDF `_. It contains: * **Parsers & Serializers** * for RDF/XML, N3, NTriples, N-Quads, Turtle, TriX, JSON-LD, HexTuples, RDFa and Microdata * **Store implementations** * memory stores * persistent, on-disk stores, using databases such as BerkeleyDB * remote SPARQL endpoints * **Graph interface** * to a single graph * or to multiple Named Graphs within a dataset * **SPARQL 1.1 implementation** * both Queries and Updates are supported .. caution:: RDFLib is designed to access arbitrary network and file resources, in some cases these are directly requested resources, in other cases they are indirectly referenced resources. If you are using RDFLib to process untrusted documents or queries you should take measures to restrict file and network access. For information on available security measures, see the RDFLib :doc:`Security Considerations ` documentation. Getting started --------------- If you have never used RDFLib, the following will help get you started: .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 gettingstarted intro_to_parsing intro_to_creating_rdf intro_to_graphs intro_to_sparql utilities Examples In depth -------- If you are familiar with RDF and are looking for details on how RDFLib handles it, these are for you: .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 rdf_terms namespaces_and_bindings persistence merging changelog upgrade6to7 upgrade5to6 upgrade4to5 security_considerations Reference --------- The nitty-gritty details of everything. API reference: .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 apidocs/modules .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 plugins .. * :ref:`genindex` .. * :ref:`modindex` Versioning ---------- RDFLib follows `Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 `_, which can be summarized as follows: Given a version number ``MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH``, increment the: #. ``MAJOR`` version when you make incompatible API changes #. ``MINOR`` version when you add functionality in a backwards-compatible manner #. ``PATCH`` version when you make backwards-compatible bug fixes For developers -------------- .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 developers CODE_OF_CONDUCT docs persisting_n3_terms type_hints CONTRIBUTING decisions/index Source Code ----------- The rdflib source code is hosted on GitHub at ``__ where you can lodge Issues and create Pull Requests to help improve this community project! The RDFlib organisation on GitHub at ``__ maintains this package and a number of other RDF and RDFlib-related packaged that you might also find useful. .. _further_help_and_contact: Further help & Contact ---------------------- If you would like help with using RDFlib, rather than developing it, please post a question on StackOverflow using the tag ``[rdflib]``. A list of existing ``[rdflib]`` tagged questions can be found `here `_. You might also like to join RDFlib's `dev mailing list `_ or use RDFLib's `GitHub discussions section `_. The chat is available at `gitter `_ or via matrix `#RDFLib_rdflib:gitter.im `_.