RDFSharp is a lightweight C# framework designed to ease the creation of .NET applications based on the RDF model, representing a straightforward didactic solution for start playing with RDF, SPARQL and Semantic Web concepts.
With RDFSharp it is possible to realize .NET applications capable of modeling, storing and querying RDF data.
RDFSharp has a modular API made up of three layers:
- RDFSharp.Model
- Create and manage RDF models (resources, literals, triples, graphs, namespaces, ...)
- Exchange them using standard RDF formats (N-Triples, TriX, Turtle, RDF/Xml)
- RDFSharp.Store
- Create and manage RDF stores backing data on memory or SQL Server (see extensions)
- Exchange them using standard RDF formats (N-Quads, TriX)
- Create and manage RDF federations giving integrated query access to multiple stores
- RDFSharp.Query
- Create and execute SPARQL queries on graphs, stores, federations and SPARQL endpoints
RDFSharp also delivers a set of extension projects enhancing its features and capabilities:
- Ontology modeling, validation and reasoning with full support for RDFS/OWL-DL/SKOS
- Storage of RDF data on different SQL providers