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This module extends module `rdf_prefixes' that is part of the standards SWI-Prolog distribution.

To be done
- There is currently no way to retract prefix declarations.
 assert_prefixes(+File:atom) is det
Asserts prefixes that appear at the top of the given N-Quads, N-Triples, TriG, or Turtle file.
 rdf_prefix(+Alias:atom) is semidet
rdf_prefix(-Alias:atom) is nondet
 rdf_prefix_append(+Lists:list(list), +List:list) is semidet
rdf_prefix_append(+Lists:list(list), -List:list) is det
 rdf_prefix_iri(-Alias:atom, -Local:atom, +Iri:atom) is det
rdf_prefix_iri(+Alias:atom, +Local:atom, -Iri:atom) is det
rdf_prefix_iri(+Alias:atom, +Local:list(atom), -Iri:atom) is det
See also
- Like rdf_prefix_iri/2, but works with maplist/3.
 rdf_prefix_map(-Alias2Prefix:assoc(atom,iri)) is det
 rdf_prefix_maplist(:Goal_1, +Args1:list) is det
 rdf_prefix_maplist(:Goal_2, +Args1:list, +Args2:list) is det
 rdf_prefix_maplist(:Goal_3, +Args1:list, +Args2:list, +Args3:list) is det
 rdf_prefix_member(?Elem, +L:list) is nondet
Calls member/2 under RDF prefix expansion.
 rdf_prefix_memberchk(?Elem, +L:list) is nondet
Calls memberchk/2 under RDF prefix expansion.
 rdf_prefix_selectchk(+Elem, +L:list, -Rest:list) is det
Calls selectchk/3 under RDF prefix expansion.
 rdf_register_prefix(+PairOrAlias:or([atom,pair(atom)])) is det
Syntactic variant of rdf_register_prefix/2 that allows for pair notation (i.e., pairs of the form `Alias-Prefix'), which in convenient in combination with maplist/2.
 rdf_register_prefixes is det
Registers RDF prefixes that are standardized and/or commonly used in the LOD Cloud.

Re-exported predicates

The following predicates are exported from this file while their implementation is defined in imported modules or non-module files loaded by this module.

 rdf_equal(?Resource1, ?Resource2)
Simple equality test to exploit goal-expansion.
 rdf_prefix(:Alias, +URI) is det
Register a local prefix. This declaration takes precedence over globally defined prefixes using rdf_register_prefix/2,3. Module local prefixes are notably required to deal with SWISH, where users need to be able to have independent namespace declarations.
 rdf_register_prefix(+Prefix, +URI) is det
 rdf_register_prefix(+Prefix, +URI, +Options) is det
Register Prefix as an abbreviation for URI. Options:
force(Boolean)
If true, replace existing namespace alias. Please note that replacing a namespace is dangerous as namespaces affect preprocessing. Make sure all code that depends on a namespace is compiled after changing the registration.
keep(Boolean)
If true and Alias is already defined, keep the original binding for Prefix and succeed silently.

Without options, an attempt to redefine an alias raises a permission error.

Predefined prefixes are:

AliasIRI prefix
dchttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
dctermshttp://purl.org/dc/terms/
eorhttp://dublincore.org/2000/03/13/eor#
foafhttp://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
owlhttp://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
rdfhttp://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
rdfshttp://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
serqlhttp://www.openrdf.org/schema/serql#
skoshttp://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#
voidhttp://rdfs.org/ns/void#
xsdhttp://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#
 rdf_register_prefix(+Prefix, +URI) is det
 rdf_register_prefix(+Prefix, +URI, +Options) is det
Register Prefix as an abbreviation for URI. Options:
force(Boolean)
If true, replace existing namespace alias. Please note that replacing a namespace is dangerous as namespaces affect preprocessing. Make sure all code that depends on a namespace is compiled after changing the registration.
keep(Boolean)
If true and Alias is already defined, keep the original binding for Prefix and succeed silently.

Without options, an attempt to redefine an alias raises a permission error.

Predefined prefixes are:

AliasIRI prefix
dchttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
dctermshttp://purl.org/dc/terms/
eorhttp://dublincore.org/2000/03/13/eor#
foafhttp://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
owlhttp://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
rdfhttp://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
rdfshttp://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
serqlhttp://www.openrdf.org/schema/serql#
skoshttp://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#
voidhttp://rdfs.org/ns/void#
xsdhttp://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#
 rdf_meta(+Heads)
This directive defines the argument types of the named predicates, which will force compile time namespace expansion for these predicates. Heads is a coma-separated list of callable terms. Defined argument properties are:
:
Argument is a goal. The goal is processed using expand_goal/2, recursively applying goal transformation on the argument.
+
The argument is instantiated at entry. Nothing is changed.
-
The argument is not instantiated at entry. Nothing is changed.
?
The argument is unbound or instantiated at entry. Nothing is changed.
@
The argument is not changed.
r
The argument must be a resource. If it is a term prefix:local it is translated.
o
The argument is an object or resource. See rdf_global_object/2.
t
The argument is a term that must be translated. Expansion will translate all occurences of prefix:local appearing anywhere in the term. See rdf_global_term/2.

As it is subject to term_expansion/2, the rdf_meta/1 declaration can only be used as a directive. The directive must be processed before the definition of the predicates as well as before compiling code that uses the rdf meta-predicates. The atom rdf_meta is declared as an operator exported from library(semweb/rdf_db). Files using rdf_meta/1 must explicitely load this library.

Beginning with SWI-Prolog 7.3.17, the low-level RDF interface (rdf/3, rdf_assert/3, etc.) perform runtime expansion of Prefix:Local terms. This eliminates the need for rdf_meta/1 for simple cases. However, runtime expansion comes at a significant overhead and having two representations for IRIs (a plain atom and a term Prefix:Local) implies that simple operations such as comparison of IRIs no longer map to native Prolog operations such as IRI1 == IRI2.

Undocumented predicates

The following predicates are exported, but not or incorrectly documented.

 rdf_prefix_append(Arg1, Arg2, Arg3)
 rdf_prefix_maplist(Arg1, Arg2, Arg3)
 rdf_prefix_maplist(Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4)
 rdf_prefix_iri(Arg1, Arg2)
 rdf_prefix_term(Arg1, Arg2)
 rdf_prefix_any(Arg1, Arg2)