9.3. RDF and Python: RDFLib

It would be difficult not to see the natural fit between Python and RDF. Of course, Python programmers would say the same happens with all uses of Python, but when you see how quick and simple it is to build an RDF/XML model from scratch using the Python RDF library, RDFLib, you might think about switching regardless of what language you normally use.

RDFLib was created by Daniel Krech. Download the most recent release of RDFLib at http://rdflib.net. I used RDFLib 1.2.3 on Windows 2000 when writing this section. RDFLib requires Python 2.2.1 or later. Additional software is required if you want to use the rdflib.Z informationStore, providing support for contexts in addition to persistent triples.