NAME

URI::BNode - RDF blank node identifiers which are also URI objects

VERSION

Version 0.04

SYNOPSIS

my $bnode = URI::BNode->new;

print "$bnode\n"; # something like _:EH_kW827XQ6vvX0yF8YzRA

DESCRIPTION

This module has two purposes:

1. Provide a reliable factory interface for generating RDF blank nodes (via random UUIDs permuted through Data::UUID::NCName).

2. When an RDF blank node class is a subclass of URI, you can use identity tests to make more robust RDF interfaces, like so:

   $node->isa('URI');        # either URI or bnode, but not literal
   $node->isa('URI::BNode'); # narrow it down further

   Along the same vein, coerce string literals into the correct class by heuristic:

   my $subject = '_:foo';
   my $node = URI::BNode->new($subject); # _:foo becomes a bnode
   
   # URI::BNode->new('http://foo/') would properly become
   # a URI::http object.

METHODS

new [$ID]

Creates a new blank node identifier. If $ID is undefined or empty, one will be generated using Data::UUID::NCName. If $ID has a value, it must either begin with _: or conform to the blank node syntax from the Turtle spec. Other values, including other URIs, will be passed to the URI constructor.

name [$NEWVAL]

Alias for "opaque".

opaque [$NEWVAL]

Retrieve or, if supplied a value, replace the blank node's value with a new one. This method will croak if passed a $NEWVAL which doesn't match the spec in http://www.w3.org/TR/turtle/#BNodes.

from_uuid_urn $UUID

Takes a URI::urn::uuid object and turns it into a blank node. Can be invoked as either a class or an instance method.

to_uuid_urn

Takes a blank node (in the proper form) and turns it into a URI::urn::uuid object.

skolemize $AUTHORITY

Return the skolemized URI ($AUTHORITY/.well-known/genid/...) for a given blank node. See RDF 1.1 Concepts.

de_skolemize $URI

Take a skolemized URI like http://foo.com/.well-known/genid/asdf and turn it into _:asdf.

AUTHOR

Dorian Taylor, <dorian at cpan.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-uri-bnode at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=URI-BNode. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc URI::BNode

You can also look for information at:

• RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)

  http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=URI-BNode

• AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

  http://annocpan.org/dist/URI-BNode

• CPAN Ratings

  http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/URI-BNode

• Search CPAN

  http://search.cpan.org/dist/URI-BNode/

SEE ALSO

URI

Data::UUID::NCName

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2013 Dorian Taylor.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

cpanm URI::BNode

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install URI::BNode