Example of creating individuals with multiple types with RDFAlchemy and RDFLib.

make_grapy.py

"""
Quick example of creating indivduals with multiple types
using RDFAlchemy or just plain RDFLib. 
"""


from rdflib import Namespace, Graph, Literal, RDF, URIRef
from rdfalchemy.rdfSubject import rdfSubject
from rdfalchemy import rdfSingle

FOAF = Namespace('http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/')
VIVO = Namespace('http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#')

g = rdfSubject.db = Graph()

g.bind('foaf', FOAF)
g.bind('vivo', VIVO)

class Person(rdfSubject):
    rdf_type = FOAF.Person
    firstname = rdfSingle(FOAF.firstName)
    lastname = rdfSingle(FOAF.lastName)

class FacultyMember(Person):
    rdf_type = VIVO.FacultyMember
    preferred_title = rdfSingle(VIVO.preferredTitle)

uri = URIRef('http://vivo.edu/individual/n1234')

this_person = Person(uri)
this_person.firstname = "Joe"
this_person.lastname = "Smith"
this_person = FacultyMember(uri)
this_person.preferred_title = "Professor of History"

print g.serialize(format='n3')

#Or just with rdflib
print '\n----Just RDFLib----\n'

g = Graph()
g.add((uri, RDF.type, FOAF.person))
g.add((uri, FOAF.firstName, Literal('Joe')))
g.add((uri, FOAF.lastName, Literal('Smith')))
g.add((uri, RDF.type, VIVO.facultyMember))
g.add((uri, VIVO.preferredTitle, Literal("Professor of History")))

print g.serialize(format='n3')