This library provides tools to manage ontology models in-memory. It supports basic functionality like loading, saving, reasoning etc. but provides higher-level methods than Apache Jena itself.

It also has an HTTP connector for client-side access to SPARQL endpoints. For server-side access to a triple store please use one of the additional EasyJena modules or extend AStoreWrapper in your own project.

Parts of this software were developed under different projects to support semantic operations. The main contributions come from:

• OPTET (http://www.optet.eu/)
• REVEAL (http://revealproject.eu/)
• Experimedia (http://www.experimedia.eu/)

Build with
    mvn clean install

To use EasyJena-core, add the following snippet to your pom file:

<dependency>
    <groupId>uk.ac.soton.itinnovation.easyjena</groupId>
    <artifactId>EasyJena-core</artifactId>
    <version>whateverVersion</version>
</dependency>

Javadoc has been applied throughout the code and can be built if required. To get started, see the test files in package uk.ac.soton.itinnovation.easyjena.core.test which show how to use EasyJena.

The source code in this distribution is (c) Copyright University of Southampton IT Innovation Centre 2014-2015. Where contributions come from other sources, this is made clear in the code.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

The licenses for EasyJena-core apply for all EasyJena modules. Please note the imports' licenses for more information about their imports.

• Apache Jena Apache License Version 2.0
• SPIN API Apache License Version 2.0
• slf4j MIT license
• logback LGPL v2.1 / EPL v1.0
• logback prettier Apache License, Version 2.0
• JUnit Eclipse Public License 1.0
• Apache commons config Apache License Version 2.0

For further information on collaboration, support or alternative licensing, please contact:

• Website: http://www.it-innovation.soton.ac.uk
• Email: info@it-innovation.soton.ac.uk
• Telephone: +44 (0)23 8059 8866