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| author | Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes <gromgull@gmail.com> | 2013-05-07 22:32:14 +0200 |
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| committer | Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes <gromgull@gmail.com> | 2013-05-07 22:32:14 +0200 |
| commit | 944d0095da113280595103d84dc53ec26fb781e4 (patch) | |
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| download | rdflib-944d0095da113280595103d84dc53ec26fb781e4.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..419226b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +============================================= +Frequently Asked Questions about using RDFLib +============================================= + +Questions about parsing +======================= + +Questions about manipulating +============================ + +Questions about serializing +=========================== + +Which serialization method is the most efficient? +================================================= + +Currently, the "nt" output format uses the most efficient +serialization; "rdf/xml" should also be efficient. You can +serialize to these formats using code similar to the following:: + + myGraph.serialize(target_nt, format="nt") + myGraph.serialize(target_rdfxml, format="xml") + +How can I use some of the abbreviated RDF/XML syntax? +===================================================== + +Use the "pretty-xml" `format` argument to the `serialize` method:: + + myGraph.serialize(target_pretty, format="pretty-xml") + +How can I control the binding of prefixes to XML namespaces when using RDF/XML? +=============================================================================== + +Each graph comes with a `NamespaceManager`__ instance in the `namespace_manager` field; you can use the `bind` method of this instance to bind a prefix to a namespace URI:: + + + myGraph.namespace_manager.bind('prefix', URIRef('scheme:my-namespace-uri:')) + +__ http://rdflib.net/rdflib-2.4.0/html/public/rdflib.syntax.NamespaceManager.NamespaceManager-class.html + +Does RDFLib support serialization to the `TriX`__ format? +========================================================================================= +Yes, both parsing and serialising is supported:: + + graph.serialize(format="trix") and graph.load(source, format="trix") + +__ http://www.w3.org/2004/03/trix/ diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 797e2caf..4c885b16 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ For developers univrdfstore persisting_n3_terms + faq Documentation notes <docs> |