MHDBDB XML RDF Converter

This python tool allows the conversion from xml-files into rdf files, based on mhdbdb xml ontology. The tool can be used as a command line application or embedded as a module into python applications.

Implementation road map

• xml to rdf: complete
• rdf to xml: not implemented yet

Setup

Recommended usage as a commandline tool. Setup python virtuel enviroment and install requirements.

Parameters of converter.py

--xml2rdf [boolean]

If true convert xml to rdf. If false convert rdf to xml [currently not implemented!].

--xml2rdfOptions

Options for xml to rdf conversion. Default:

{
    "instanceNamespace":"https://dh.plus.ac.at/mhdbdb/text/",
    "instanceNamespacePrefix":"mhdbdb",
    "useDocNameAsXmlIdPrefix":true, 
    "ignoreWhitespace":true, 
    "xPathRoot":".//tei:text",
    "generateSubClasses":true
}

• instanceNamespace: Namespace for the creation of new rdf instances
• instanceNamespacePrefix: Prefix for that namespace
• useDocNameAsXmlIdPrefix: If true, adds 'document_name#' as prefix to * xml:id from tree
• ignoreWhitespace: If true, ignores all whitespace text nodes
• xPathRoot: xPath to element, which should be used as root in conversion
• generateSubClasses: If true, generates rdfs subclasses for mhdbdbxml:Element for each parsed class of the xml document

--inDir

Path to input directory

--outDir

Path to output directory

--startFile

If set, conversion starts with Filename (in ascending order)