RDFSharp

Name of the tool:	RDFSharp
Home page:	http://rdfsharp.codeplex.com
Date of latest release:
Programming language(s) that can be used with the tool:	.Net, C-sharp
Relevant semantic web technologies:	RDF, SPARQL, RDFS, OWL
Categories:	API, Triple Store, Validator, Reasoner
See also:	http://github.com/mdesalvo/RDFSharp
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Company or institution:	Marco De Salvo

(Tool description last modified on 2016-02-12.)

Description

RDFSharp is a lightweight open source 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 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:

MODEL
- Create and manage RDF models (resources, literals, triples, graphs, namespaces, datatypes, ...);
- Exchange them using standard RDF formats (N-Triples, TriX, Turtle, Xml)

STORE
- Create and manage RDF stores backing data on memory or SQL Server
- Exchange them using standard RDF formats (N-Quads)
- Create and manage RDF federations as virtual stores giving integrated query access to multiple stores

QUERY
- Create and execute SPARQL queries on graphs, stores and federations to fluently query RDF data

Plugins are also available, to extend the capabilities of the core library with specific layers and functionalities:

RDFSharp.Semantics
- Create and manage OWL-DL ontologies (classes, properties, restrictions, facts, relations, ...)
- Validate them against RDFS/OWL-DL specifications to report warning/error evidences
- Create and manage RDFS/OWL-DL/Custom reasoners to materialize inferred knowledge

RDFSharp.RDFFirebirdStore
- Create and manage RDF stores backing data on Firebird

RDFSharp.RDFMySQLStore
- Create and manage RDF stores backing data on MySQL

RDFSharp.RDFPostgreSQLStore
- Create and manage RDF stores backing data on PostgreSQL

RDFSharp.RDFSQLiteStore
- Create and manage RDF stores backing data on SQLite

There are many ways that you can contribute to the RDFSharp project:

Submit a bug
Submit a code fix for a bug
Submit a feature request
Submit code for a feature request
Submit code for a new plugin
Tell others about the RDFSharp project :)
Kindly donate to non-profit italian charity organization Soleterre :)