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Draw RDF

• Graph-Based Archival Description Project (https://github.com/gbad-project)
• 2025-12-17 (v0.1)

• Draw RDF is a plugin that exports Draw.io diagrams to RDF graphs.

  This 5-minute video demo covers its basic functionalities like visual creation of URIs and literals, the use of base URI and preamble. We export the graph to RDF/Turtle, validate it using GBAD VS Code extension, and visualization in an external viewer.

  Features not shown: export to RDF Mapping Language (RML) followed by mapping using RMLMapper; parser settings; customization of literal definitions.

  The application is free and open source, no registration or credit card required. Available at: https://gbad-project.github.io/drawio/src/main/webapp/?p=rdf

  Brought to you by the Graph-Based Archival Description team from the Archives of Ontario and University of Toronto, co-funded from a Canadian federal research grant. Learn more about Graph-Based Archival Description: https://github.com/gbad-project

• Launch Draw RDF
• Draw RDF Documentation
• GBAD project
• Available in: English
• RiC-CM 1.0 RiC-O 1.0
• This version was tested successfully at the Archives of Ontario, and it is mentioned in the whitepaper we submitted for publication. It is the first public release of the tool, being released despite serious gaps in the Draw RDF documentation (though not in the performance) – for which I apologize. The project has now been completed and no active maintenance is planned, but do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or to report bugs. - Pavel Zhelnov, Developer
• Contact: p.zhelnov (at) mail.utoronto.ca
• Relates to RiC resources: #15, #22