TurtleCodec class final

RDF Codec implementation for the Turtle serialization format.

Turtle (Terse RDF Triple Language) is a textual syntax for RDF that is both readable by humans and parsable by machines. It is a simplified, compatible subset of the Notation3 (N3) format.

Turtle Syntax Overview

Turtle has several key features that make it popular for RDF serialization:

• Prefixed names: Allow abbreviation of IRIs using prefixes

  @prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
  <http://example.org/john> foaf:name "John Smith" .
  

• Lists: Compact representation of ordered collections

  <http://example.org/list> <http://example.org/property> (1 2 3) .
  

• Predicate lists: Group multiple predicates for the same subject

  <http://example.org/john> foaf:name "John Smith" ;
                            foaf:age 25 ;
                            foaf:mbox <mailto:john@example.org> .
  

• Object lists: Group multiple objects for the same subject-predicate pair

  <http://example.org/john> foaf:nick "Johnny", "J", "JJ" .
  

• Blank nodes: Represent anonymous resources

  <http://example.org/john> foaf:knows [ foaf:name "Jane" ] .
  

File Extension and MIME Types

Turtle files typically use the .ttl file extension. The primary MIME type is text/turtle.