ConverterFromRdf
A Converter from RDF is a tool which converts RDF into an application-specific format for use with existing tools and integration with other data. Typically this will appear as part of a running system which provides a domain-specific facet view of a given RDF application's data.
See also : ConverterToRdf
Target Systems
| Domain | Model(s) | Format | Protocol |
| Web (general) | Hypertext | HTML | HTTP |
| Microformats | Various domains | HTML | HTTP |
| Syndication | RSS/Atom | RSS/Atom | HTTP+polling |
| Calendaring | iCalendar/(hCalendar) | iCalendar/(hCalendar) | HTTP/import/export |
| Identity Management | various | OpenID, vCard, LDAP, FOAF | HTTP, OpenID etc. |
Converters
RDF API Built-ins
Raptor (part of Redland framework) can serialise to the following:
- N-Triples, RDF/XML, RDF/XML (Abbreviated), RDF/XML (XMP Profile), Turtle
- Atom
- RSS 1.0
- GraphViz dot format
To (X)HTML
- EARL to XHTML (Python templating)
- Rhizomik ReDeFer RDF2HTML (XSLT on RDF/XML Abbrev)
To KML
- Geo 2 KML - web service which converts RDF to KML suitable for showing on Google Earth & Maps. Understands vcard: data as well as geo: which means it works with GoodRelations data.
To JSON(P)
- JSON to RDF - web service which converts RDF to JSON or JSONP. Option of compact (useful for coders), JSON RDF or triples.
Mechanisms
- Direct serialisation (Raptor?)
- XSLT over RDF/XML
- SPARQL (one or TwoPhaseSparql)
- programmatic