Provided by: librdf-ns-perl_20130930-1_all 
NAME
RDF::NS - Just use popular RDF namespace prefixes from prefix.cc
VERSION
version 20130930
SYNOPSIS
use RDF::NS '20130930'; # check at compile time
my $ns = RDF::NS->new('20130930'); # check at runtime
$ns->foaf; # http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
$ns->foaf_Person; # http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person
$ns->foaf('Person'); # http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person
$ns->uri('foaf:Person'); # http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person
use RDF::NS; # get rid if typing '$' by defining a constant
use constant NS => RDF::NS->new('20111208');
NS->foaf_Person; # http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person
$ns->SPAQRL('foaf'); # PREFIX foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
$ns->TTL('foaf'); # @prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
$ns->XMLNS('foaf'); # xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"
# load your own mapping from a file
$ns = RDF::NS->new("mapping.txt");
# select particular mappings
%map = $ns->SELECT('rdf,dc,foaf');
$uri = $ns->SELECT('foo|bar|doz'); # returns first existing namespace
# instances of RDF::NS are just blessed hash references
$ns->{'foaf'}; # http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
bless { foaf => 'http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/' }, 'RDF::NS';
print (scalar keys %$ns) . "prefixes\n";
$ns->COUNT; # also returns the number of prefixes
DESCRIPTION
Hardcoding URI namespaces and prefixes for RDF applications is neither fun nor
maintainable. In the end we all use more or less the same prefix definitions, as
collected at <http://prefix.cc>. This module includes all these prefixes as defined at
specific snapshots in time. These snapshots correspond to version numbers of this module.
By selecting particular versions, you make sure that changes at prefix.cc won't affect
your programs.
The command line client rdfns is installed automatically with this module:
$ rdfns rdf,foaf.ttl
@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
This module does not require RDF::Trine, which is recommended nevertheless. (at least
version 0.140). If you prefer RDF::NS to return instances of RDF::Trine::Node::Resource
instead of plain strings, use RDF::NS::Trine. <RDF::NS::URIS> is a similar module that
returns instances of URI.
The code repository of this module contains an update script
<https://github.com/nichtich/RDF-NS/blob/master/update.pl> to download the current prefix-
namespace mappings from <http://prefix.cc>.
GENERAL METHODS
In most cases you only need the following lowercase methods.
new ( $file_or_date [, %options ] )
Create a new namespace mapping from a selected file or date. The special string "any" can
be used to get the newest mapping, but you should better select a specific version, as
mappings can change, violating backwards compatibility. Supported options include "warn"
to enable warnings and "at" to specify a date.
prefix
Returns the namespace for prefix if namespace prefix is defined. For instance "$ns->foaf"
returns "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/".
prefix_name
Returns the namespace plus local name, if namespace prefix is defined. For instance
"$ns->foaf_Person" returns "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person".
uri ( $short | "<$URI>" )
Expand a prefixed URI, such as "foaf:Person" or "foaf_Person". Alternatively you can
expand prefixed URIs with method calls, such as "$ns-gtfoaf_Person". If you pass an URI
wrapped in "<" and ">", it will not be expanded but returned as given.
SERIALIZATION METHODS
TTL ( prefix[es] )
Returns a Turtle/Notation3 @prefix definition or a list of such definitions in list
context. Prefixes can be passed as single arguments or separated by commas, vertical bars,
and spaces.
SPARQL ( prefix[es] )
Returns a SPARQL PREFIX definition or a list of such definitions in list context. Prefixes
can be passed as single arguments or separated by commas, vertical bars, and spaces.
XMLNS ( prefix[es] )
Returns an XML namespace declaration or a list of such declarations in list context.
Prefixes can be passed as single arguments or separated by commas, vertical bars, and
spaces.
TXT ( prefix[es] )
Returns a list of tabular-separated prefix-namespace-mappings.
BEACON ( prefix[es] )
Returns a list of BEACON format prefix definitions (not including prefixes).
LOOKUP METHODS
PREFIX ( $uri )
Get a prefix of a namespace URI, if it is defined. This method does a reverse lookup which
is less performant than the other direction. If multiple prefixes are defined, it is not
determinstic which one is returned. If you need to call this method frequently, better
create a reverse hash (method REVERSE).
PREFIXES ( $uri )
Get all known prefixes of a namespace URI.
REVERSE
Create a lookup hash from namespace URIs to prefixes. If multiple prefixes exist, the
shortes is be used. If multiple prefixes with same length exist, the first in alphabetical
order is used.
SELECT ( prefix[es] )
In list context, returns a sorted list of prefix-namespace pairs, which can be used to
assign to a hash. In scalar context, returns the namespace of the first prefix that was
found. Prefixes can be passed as single arguments or separated by commas, vertical bars,
and spaces.
INTERNAL METHODS
MAP ( $code [, prefix[es] ] )
Internally used to map particular or all prefixes. Prefixes can be selected as single
arguments or separated by commas, vertical bars, and spaces. In scalar context, $_ is set
to the first existing prefix (if found) and $code is called. In list context, found
prefixes are sorted at mapped with $code.
GET ( $uri )
This method is used internally to create URIs as return value of the URI method and all
lowercase shortcut methods, such as "foaf_Person". By default it just returns $uri
unmodified.
SEE ALSO
There are several other CPAN modules to deal with IRI namespaces, for instance
RDF::Trine::Namespace, RDF::Trine::NamespaceMap, URI::NamespaceMap, RDF::Prefixes,
RDF::Simple::NS, RDF::RDFa::Parser::Profile::PrefixCC, Class::RDF::NS, XML::Namespace,
XML::CommonNS etc.
AUTHOR
Jakob Voss
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Jakob Voss.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
the Perl 5 programming language system itself.