/**
  * UR Iref factory
  *
  * @param uri to build
  * @return URI resource
  */
 public URI URIref(String uri) {
   try {
     RepositoryConnection con = therepository.getConnection();
     try {
       ValueFactory vf = con.getValueFactory();
       return vf.createURI(uri);
     } finally {
       con.close();
     }
   } catch (Exception e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
     return null;
   }
 }