# Information about RDF data

The `data` command can be used to parse one or more RDF data files in different formats.

## Obtaining information about an RDF data file

Assuming the following content appears in a file called `simple.ttl`:

```turtle
prefix : <http://example.org/>
prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>

:a :name "Alice" ;
   :birthdate "1990-05-02"^^xsd:date ;
   :enrolledIn :cs101 .

:b :name "Bob", "Robert" .

:cs101 :name "Computer Science" .
```

The following command parses the file `simple.ttl` and shows its contents:

```sh
rudof data simple.ttl
```

## Converting between different RDF data syntaxes

It is possible to specify the output format to serialize the RDF data using the `-r` option. Possible values are: rdfxml, ntriples, trig, etc.:

```sh
rudof data -r rdfxml simple.ttl
```

The output would be something like:

```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rdf:RDF xmlns:="http://example.org/"
   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
   xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#">
        <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://example.org/cs101">
                <name>Computer Science</name>
        </rdf:Description>
        <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://example.org/b">
                <name>Bob</name>
                <name>Robert</name>
        </rdf:Description>
        <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://example.org/a">
                <enrolledIn rdf:resource="http://example.org/cs101"/>
                <birthdate rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">1990-05-02</birthdate>
                <name>Alice</name>
        </rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>
```

It is possible to convert RDF data to a visual representation using the options `svg`, `png` or `plantuml` (see [RDF visualization](##RDF-visualization) section).

## Obtaining information about an RDF data located remotely

It is also possible to get RDF data from files which are remotely available through URIs like:

```sh
rudof data https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rudof-project/rudof/refs/heads/master/examples/simple.ttl
```

## Merging RDF data

The `data` command can also be used to parse more than one RDF data files, merge them and serialize them to any of the RDF formats supported.

We carse several files, merge and serialize them in any of the RDF supported formats.

```sh
rudof data user.ttl simple.ttl -r rdfxml -o output.rdf
```

> It is possible to serialize the files using a different format, like `ntriples`, `rdfxml`, etc.

## RDF visualization

It is possible to generate a visual representation of simple RDF graphs by using the `--result-format` option and selecting a visual format like `svg` or `png`.

The visualization is leveraged on PlantUML so it is necessary to have the PlantUML binary downloaded and available through the `PLANTUML` variable.

Another alternative is to use the `plantuml`  result format to generate an intermediate file and pass that file to some PlantUML processor.

As an example, the following command generates a `plantuml` file:

```sh
rudof data examples/simple.ttl -r plantuml -o file.plantuml
```

If you have PLANT_UML available you can use directly:

```sh
rudof data examples/simple.ttl -r svg -o file.svg
```


## RDF Config file

The parameter `--config-file`  (`-c` in short form) can be used to pass a configuration file in [TOML](https://toml.io/) format.

The fields that it can contain are:

- base (IRI): Default base declaration to resulve relative IRIs
