TriG (syntax)

TriG is a serialization format for RDF (Resource Description Framework) graphs. It is a plain text format for serializing named graphs and RDF Datasets which offers a compact and readable alternative to the XML-based TriX syntax.

Example This example encodes three interlinked named graphs:

http://www.example.org/exampleDocument#G1 http://www.example.org/exampleDocument#G2 http://www.example.org/exampleDocument#G3

@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . @prefix swp: <http://www.w3.org/2004/03/trix/swp-1/> . @prefix dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/> . @prefix ex: <http://www.example.org/vocabulary#> . @prefix : <http://www.example.org/exampleDocument#> .

:G1 { :Monica ex:name "Monica Murphy" . :Monica ex:homepage <http://www.example.org> . :Monica ex:email <mailto:[email protected]> . :Monica ex:hasSkill ex:Management }

:G2 { :Monica rdf:type ex:Person . :Monica ex:hasSkill ex:Programming }

:G3 { :G1 swp:assertedBy _:w1 . _:w1 swp:authority :Chris . _:w1 dc:date "2003-10-02"^^xsd:date . :G2 swp:quotedBy _:w2 . :G3 swp:assertedBy _:w2 . _:w2 dc:date "2003-09-03"^^xsd:date . _:w2 swp:authority :Chris . :Chris rdf:type ex:Person . :Chris ex:email <mailto:[email protected]> }

External links TriG Specification (2007) RDF 1.1 TriG W3C Recommendation (2014) Yacker TriG validator, which does not handle sub-graphs, and does not validate the above example.