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<title>Raptor RDF Parser Library</title>
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<h1 style="text-align:center">Raptor RDF Parser Library</h1>
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<h2 style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.dajobe.org/">Dave Beckett</a></h2>
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<h2>Overview</h2>
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<p><a href="http://librdf.org/raptor/">Raptor</a>
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is a free software / Open Source C library that provides
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a set of parsers and serializers that
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generate Resource Description Framework (RDF) triples
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by parsing syntaxes or serialize the triples into a syntax.
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The supported parsing syntaxes are RDF/XML, N-Triples, TRiG, Turtle,
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RSS tag soup including all versions of RSS, Atom 1.0 and 0.3, GRDDL
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and microformats for HTML, XHTML and XML and RDFa. The
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serializing syntaxes are RDF/XML (regular, and abbreviated),
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Atom 1.0, GraphViz, JSON, N-Triples, RSS 1.0 and XMP.</p>
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<p>Raptor was designed to work closely with the
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<a href="http://librdf.org/">Redland RDF library</a>
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(<b>R</b>DF <b>P</b>arser <b>T</b>oolkit f<b>o</b>r <b>R</b>edland)
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but is entirely separate. It is a portable library that works
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across many POSIX systems (Unix, GNU/Linux, BSDs, OSX, cygwin,
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win32). Raptor has no memory leaks and is fast.
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</p>
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<p>This is a mature and stable library. A summary
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of the changes can be found in the <a href="NEWS.html">NEWS</a> file,
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detailed API changes in the <a href="RELEASE.html">release notes</a>
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and file-by-file changes in the <a href="ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a>.</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Designed to integrate well with <a href="http://librdf.org/">Redland</a></li>
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<li>Parses content on the web if <a href="http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/">libcurl</a>, <a href="http://xmlsoft.org/">libxml2</a> or BSD libfetch is available.</li>
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<li>Supports all RDF terms including datatyped and XML literals</li>
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<li>Optional features including parsers and serialisers can be selected at configure time.</li>
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<li>Language bindings to Perl, PHP, Python and Ruby when used via Redland</li>
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<li>No memory leaks</li>
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<li>Fast</li>
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<li>Standalone <a href="rapper.html">rapper</a> RDF parser utility program</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Known bugs and issues are recorded in the
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<a href="http://bugs.librdf.org/">Redland issue tracker</a>.</p>
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<h2>Parsers</h2>
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<h3>RDF/XML Parser</h3>
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<p>A Parser for the standard
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/">RDF/XML syntax</a>.</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Fully handles the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/">RDF/XML syntax updates</a> for <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlbase/">XML Base</a>, <code>xml:lang</code>, RDF datatyping and Collections.</li>
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<li>Handles all RDF vocabularies such as <a href="http://www.foaf-project.org/">FOAF</a>, <a href="http://www.purl.org/rss/1.0/">RSS 1.0</a>, <a href="http://dublincore.org/">Dublin Core</a>, <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-features/">OWL</a>, <a href="http://usefulinc.com/doap">DOAP</a></li>
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<li>Handles <code>rdf:resource</code> / <code>resource</code> attributes</li>
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<li>Uses <a href="http://expat.sourceforge.net/">expat</a> and/or (GNOME) <a href="http://xmlsoft.org/">libxml</a> XML parsers as available or required</li>
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</ul>
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<h3>N-Triples Parser</h3>
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<p>A parser for the
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-testcases/#ntriples">N-Triples</a>
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syntax as defined by the
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/">W3C RDF Core working group</a>
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for the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-testcases/">RDF Test Cases</a>.
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</p>
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<h3>Turtle Parser</h3>
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<p>A parser for the
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<a href="http://www.dajobe.org/2004/01/turtle/">Turtle Terse RDF Triple Language</a>
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syntax, designed as a useful subset of
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Notation3">Notation 3</a>.
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</p>
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<h3>TRiG Parser</h3>
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<p>A parser for the
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<a href="http://www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/suhl/bizer/TriG/Spec/">TriG - Turtle with Named Graphs</a>
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syntax.
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</p>
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<p>The parser is alpha quality and may not support the entire TRiG
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specification.</p>
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<h3>RSS "tag soup" parser</h3>
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<p>A parser for the multiple XML RSS formats that use the elements
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such as channel, item, title, description in different ways.
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Attempts to turn the input into
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<a href="http://www.purl.org/rss/1.0/">RSS 1.0</a>
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RDF triples. True <a href="http://www.purl.org/rss/1.0/">RSS 1.0</a>,
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as a full RDF vocabulary, is best parsed by the RDF/XML parser.
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It also generates triples for RSS enclosures.</p>
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<p>This parser also provides support for the Atom 1.0 syndication
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format defined in IETF
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<a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4287.txt">RFC 4287</a>
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</p>
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<h3>GRDDL and microformats parser</h3>
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<p>A parser/processor for
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/REC-grddl-20070911/">Gleaning Resource Descriptions from Dialects of Languages (GRDDL)</a>
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syntax, W3C Recommendation of 2007-09-11 which allows reading XHTML
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and XML as RDF triples by using profiles in the document that declare
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XSLT transforms from the XHTML or XML content into RDF/XML or other
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RDF syntax which can then be parsed. It uses either an XML or
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a lax HTML parser to allow HTML tag soup to be read.</p>
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<p>The parser passes the all the GRDDL tests as of Raptor 1.4.16.</p>
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<p>The parser also handles hCard and hReview using public XSL sheets.</p>
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<h3>RDFa parser</h3>
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<p>A parser for
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/CR-rdfa-syntax-20080620/">RDFa</a>
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(W3C Candidate Recommendation 20 June 2008) implemented via
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<a href="http://rdfa.digitalbazaar.com/librdfa/">librdfa</a>
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linked inside Raptor, written by Manu Sporny of Digital Bazaar,
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licensed with the same license as Raptor.</p>
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<p>As of Raptor 1.4.18 the RDFa parser passes all of the RDFa
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/RDFa/testsuite/xhtml1-testcases/">test suite</a>
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except for 4 tests.</p>
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<h2>Serializers</h2>
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<h3>RDF/XML Serializer</h3>
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<p>A serializer to the standard
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/">RDF/XML syntax</a>
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as revised by the
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/">W3C RDF Core working group</a>
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in 2004. This writes a plain triple-based RDF/XML serialization with
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no optimisation or pretty-printing.</p>
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<p>A second serializer is provided using several of the RDF/XML
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abbreviations to provide a more compact readable format, at the cost
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of some pre-processing. This is suitable for small documents.
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</p>
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<h3>N-Triples Serializer</h3>
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<p>A serializer to the
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-testcases/#ntriples">N-Triples</a>
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syntax as used by the
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/">W3C RDF Core working group</a>
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for the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-testcases/">RDF Test Cases</a>.
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</p>
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<h3>Atom 1.0 Serializer</h3>
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<p>A serializer to the Atom 1.0 syndication format defined in IETF
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<a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4287.txt">RFC 4287</a>.
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Beta quality.
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</p>
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<h3>JSON Serializers</h3>
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<p>Two serializers for to write triples encoded in JSON, one
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(<code>json</code>) in a resource-centric abbreviated form <a
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href="http://n2.talis.com/wiki/RDF_JSON_Specification">RDF/JSON</a>
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like Turtle or RDF/XML-Abbreviated; the other a triple-centric format
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(<code>json-triples</code>) based on the SPARQL results in JSON
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format. Beta quality.
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</p>
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<h3>GraphViz DOT Serializer</h3>
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<p>An serializer to the GraphViz
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<a href="http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/lang.html">DOT format</a>
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which aids visualising RDF graphs.
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</p>
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<h3>RSS 1.0 Serializer</h3>
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<p>A serializer to the
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<a href="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/spec">RDF Site Summary (RSS) 1.0</a>
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format.
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</p>
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<h3>Turtle Serializer</h3>
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<p>A serializer for the
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<a href="http://www.dajobe.org/2004/01/turtle/">Turtle Terse RDF Triple Language</a>
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syntax.
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</p>
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<h3>XMP Serializer</h3>
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<p>An alpha quality serializer to the Adobe XMP profile of RDF/XML
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suitable for embedding inside an external document.
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</p>
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<h2>Documentation</h2>
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<p>The public API is described in the
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<a href="libraptor.html">libraptor.3</a> UNIX manual page.
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It is demonstrated in the
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<a href="rapper.html">rapper</a>
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utility program which shows how to call the parser and write
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the triples in a serialization. When Raptor is used inside
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<a href="http://librdf.org/">Redland</a>,
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the Redland documentation explains
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how to call the parser and contains several example programs.
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There are also further examples in the <tt>example</tt> directory
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of the distribution.</p>
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<p>To install Raptor see the <a href="INSTALL.html">Installation document</a>.
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</p>
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<h2>Sources</h2>
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<p>The packaged sources are available from
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<a href="http://download.librdf.org/source/">http://download.librdf.org/source/</a> (master site) and also from the
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/librdf/">SourceForge site</a>.
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The development <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/">Subversion</a>
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sources can also be
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<a href="http://svn.librdf.org/view/raptor/">browsed with ViewCV</a>.
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</p>
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<h2>License</h2>
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<p>This library is free software / open source software released
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under the LGPL (GPL) or Apache 2.0 licenses. See
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<a href="LICENSE.html">LICENSE.html</a> for full details.</p>
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<h2>Mailing Lists</h2>
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<p>The
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<a href="http://librdf.org/lists/">Redland mailing lists</a>
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discusses the development and use of Raptor and Redland as well as
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future plans and announcement of releases.</p>
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<hr />
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<p>Copyright (C) 2000-2008 <a href="http://www.dajobe.org/">Dave Beckett</a><br />Copyright (C) 2000-2005 <a href="http://www.bristol.ac.uk/">University of Bristol</a></p>
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