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URI::BNode - RDF blank node identifiers which are also URI objects
my $bnode = URI::BNode->new; print "$bnode\n"; # something like _:EH_kW827XQ6vvX0yF8YzRA
This module has two purposes:
Provide a reliable factory interface for generating RDF blank nodes (via random UUIDs permuted through Data::UUID::NCName).
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.
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.
Alias for "opaque".
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.
Takes a URI::urn::uuid object and turns it into a blank node. Can be invoked as either a class or an instance method.
Return the skolemized URI (
$AUTHORITY/.well-known/genid/...) for a given blank node. See RDF 1.1 Concepts.
Take a skolemized URI like
http://foo.com/.well-known/genid/asdf and turn it into
<dorian at cpan.org>
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.
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
You can also look for information at:
RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)
AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
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.
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