@kobrix/fdr

FDR is a TypeScript library for building applications backed by an RDF model and the Semantic Web Technology Stack in general (SPARQL, triplestores, OWL ontologies, inferencing etc.).

FDR makes use of the RDFJS APIs, but considers them as a low level foundational layer.

The goals of FDR as a framework and a toolkit are:

• Provide a set of abstractions that makes programming with models and data represented in RDF easy and fun.
• Provide facilities for state management that include UI state, caching and synchronization with backend (typically SPARQL endpoints).
• Make it possible to extend with one's one abstractions for front-end or backend integration with non-standard APIs (i.e. APIs that don't follow the SPARQL HTTP protocol)

NPM Package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@kobrix/fdr

Tutorial: https://kobrixinc.github.io/fdr-tutorial/ (app repo https://github.com/kobrixinc/fdr-tutorial)

Programmer's Guide: https://kobrixinc.github.io/fdr/

Quick Start

To install:

npm install @kobrix/fdr

Connecting to a triplestore with a local cache and reading some data:

import { SPARQLProtocolClient, fdr } from '@kobrix/fdr'

// Setup some prefixes to use globally when providing IRIs for properties and entities.
fdr.resolver.prefixResolver.withPrefixes({
  "dbr": "http://dbpedia.org/resource/",
  "dbp": "http://dbpedia.org/property/"
})

// Default client implementation for a stnadard SPARQL endpoint. 
let dbpedia = new SPARQLProtocolClient("https://dbpedia.org/sparql", "https://dbpedia.org/sparql/statements")

// Obtain a local cache bound to a given endpoint (could be a custom REST API 
// so long as an implementation for it is provided)
let graph = fdr.graph({ store: dbpedia })

// Create an entity "proxy", something that refers to an entity in the graph,
// without necessarily fetching its properties.
let newyork = graph.factory.subject(fdr.subjectId("dbr:New_York_City"))

// Declare that we will actually need the properties of that entity - an async backend call.
await graph.use(newyork)

// Hee is the current populate of Manhattan according to DBPedia.
console.log('NewYork', newyork.get("dbp:populationTotal"))

For more, follow the tutorial.

Community

To get support, file an issue or post to the Github discussions:

https://github.com/kobrixinc/fdr/discussions

To contribute, file a pull request. If you are looking for ideas what a useful PR could be, post to the discussions.