Term interface

    interface Term {
      attribute string termType;
      attribute string value;
      boolean equals(optional Term? other);
    };
    

Term is an abstract interface.

termType contains a value that identifies the concrete interface of the term, since Term itself is not directly instantiated. Possible values include "NamedNode", "BlankNode", "Literal", "Variable", "DefaultGraph" and "Quad".

value is refined by each interface which extends Term.

equals() returns true when called with parameter other on an object term if all of the conditions below hold:

• other is neither null nor undefined;
• term.termType is the same string as other.termType;
• other follows the additional constraints of the specific Term interface implemented by term (e.g., NamedNode, Literal, …);

otherwise, it returns false.

NamedNode interface

    interface NamedNode : Term {
      attribute string termType;
      attribute string value;
      boolean equals(optional Term? other);
    };
    

termType contains the constant "NamedNode".

value the IRI of the named node (example: "http://example.org/resource").

equals() returns true if all general Term.equals conditions hold and term.value is the same string as other.value; otherwise, it returns false.

BlankNode interface

    interface BlankNode : Term {
      attribute string termType;
      attribute string value;
      boolean equals(optional Term? other);
    };
    

termType contains the constant "BlankNode".

value blank node name as a string, without any serialization specific prefixes, e.g. when parsing, if the data was sourced from Turtle, remove "_:", if it was sourced from RDF/XML, do not change the blank node name (example: "blank3")

equals() returns true if all general Term.equals conditions hold and term.value is the same string as other.value; otherwise, it returns false.

Literal interface

    interface Literal : Term {
      attribute string termType;
      attribute string value;
      attribute string language;
      attribute NamedNode datatype;
      boolean equals(optional Term? other);
    };
    

termType contains the constant "Literal".

value the text value, unescaped, without language or type (example: "Brad Pitt")

language the language as lowercase BCP-47 [[!BCP47]] string (examples: "en", "en-gb") or an empty string if the literal has no language.

datatype a NamedNode whose IRI represents the datatype of the literal.

If the literal has a language, its datatype has the IRI "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#langString". Otherwise, if no datatype is explicitly specified, the datatype has the IRI "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string".

equals() returns true if all general Term.equals conditions hold, term.value is the same string as other.value, term.language is the same string as other.language, and term.datatype.equals(other.datatype) evaluates to true; otherwise, it returns false.

Variable interface

    interface Variable : Term {
      attribute string termType;
      attribute string value;
      boolean equals(optional Term? other);
    };
    

termType contains the constant "Variable".

value the name of the variable without leading "?" (example: "a").

equals() returns true if all general Term.equals conditions hold and term.value is the same string as other.value; otherwise, it returns false.

DefaultGraph interface

    interface DefaultGraph : Term {
      attribute string termType;
      attribute string value;
      boolean equals(optional Term? other);
    };
    

An instance of DefaultGraph represents the default graph. It's only allowed to assign a DefaultGraph to the graph property of a Quad.

termType contains the constant "DefaultGraph".

value contains an empty string as constant value.

equals() returns true if all general Term.equals conditions hold; otherwise, it returns false.

Quad interface

    interface Quad : Term {
      attribute string termType;
      attribute string value;
      attribute Term subject;
      attribute Term predicate;
      attribute Term object;
      attribute Term graph;
      boolean equals(optional Quad? other);
    };
    

termType contains the constant "Quad".

value contains an empty string as constant value.

subject the subject, which is a NamedNode, BlankNode, Variable or Quad.

predicate the predicate, which is a NamedNode or Variable.

object the object, which is a NamedNode, Literal, BlankNode or Variable.

graph the named graph, which is a DefaultGraph, NamedNode, BlankNode or Variable.

Triple MUST be represented as Quad with graph set to a DefaultGraph

equals() returns true when called with parameter other on an object quad if all of the conditions below hold:

• other is neither null nor undefined;
• quad.subject.equals(other.subject) evaluates to true;
• quad.predicate.equals(other.predicate) evaluates to true;
• quad.object.equals(other.object) evaluates to a true;
• quad.graph.equals(other.graph) evaluates to a true;

otherwise, it returns false.

DataFactory interface

    interface DataFactory {
      NamedNode namedNode(string value);
      BlankNode blankNode(optional string value);
      Literal literal(string value, optional (string or NamedNode) languageOrDatatype);
      Variable variable(string value);
      DefaultGraph defaultGraph();
      Quad quad(Term subject, Term predicate, Term object, optional Term? graph);
      Term fromTerm(Term original);
      Quad fromQuad(Quad original);
    };
    

For default values of the instance properties and valid values requirements, see the individual interface definitions.

namedNode() returns a new instance of NamedNode.

blankNode() returns a new instance of BlankNode. If the value parameter is undefined a new identifier for the blank node is generated for each call.

literal() returns a new instance of Literal. If languageOrDatatype is a NamedNode, then it is used for the value of datatype. Otherwise languageOrDatatype is used for the value of language.

variable() returns a new instance of Variable. This method is optional.

defaultGraph() returns an instance of DefaultGraph.

quad()returns a new instance of Quad. If graph is undefined or null it MUST set graph to a DefaultGraph.

fromTerm() returns a new instance of the specific Term subclass given by original.termType (e.g., NamedNode, BlankNode, Literal, etc.), such that newObject.equals(original) returns true.

fromQuad() returns a new instance of Quad, such that newObject.equals(original) returns true.