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There was some discussion of this question here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/931548/the-state-of-rdf-in-ruby where Dave Beckett notes that the Ruby bindings for his Redland library have not been updated for a while (though probably still work). Can anyone comment on whether the Ruby Redland bindings work correctly in recent versions of Ruby?

I've also been experimenting with RdfContext from Gregg Kellogg http://github.com/gkellogg/rdf_context

What library do you use and what are its pros and cons?

flag	asked Jan 27 at 12:34 billroberts 588●7

Gregg Kellogg · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-08 16:31:37Z UTC

I started RdfContext due to frustrations with the Redland Ruby Bindings. The primary issues for me were installation problems across different platforms, which is a real problem when you're developing a gem as a utility for non-programmers to use. A buggy Rdfa parser (which has since been updated and is now state-of-the-spec). And garbage collection issues, which didn't affect operation, but left complaints all over the place.

Redland's still the way to go for straight-out performance, but I felt that a pure-Ruby approach was necessary. The works not done; more stores could be added, and performance can be improved. I'm working on updating the N3 parser to take advantage of Quoted Graphs and be more compliant. I'd also like to add a SPARQL engine and work on better Rails integration.

What Ruby library do you use for working with RDF?

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