Attean

A Perl semantic web framework providing a SPARQL 1.1 query engine, in-memory triple/quad store, and parsers for multiple RDF serialization formats including Turtle, N-Triples, RDF/XML, and TriG.

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Overall rank: #96
First released: September 2014
License: GPL-1.0-or-later OR Artistic-1.0-Perl
Built with: Perl

Details

Vendor: Gregory Todd Williams
Type: RDF
Kind: Library
Category: Emerging
License: GPL-1.0-or-later OR Artistic-1.0-Perl
Language: Perl
Query Languages: SPARQL
Protocols: SPARQL Protocol

Sources 5 references

Protocols SPARQL Protocol

Core Attean is a Perl library used embedded; SPARQL 1.1 Protocol server support comes via the separate companion module AtteanX::Endpoint, not the base distribution.

Attean provides APIs for parsing, storing, querying, and serializing Semantic Web (RDF and SPARQL) data.
Attean - A Semantic Web Framework - metacpan.org · reviewed 2026-08-02
The AtteanX::Endpoint class implements a PSGI SPARQL Protocol endpoint.
AtteanX::Endpoint - SPARQL 1.1 Protocol Endpoint - Manual Page | Free DevTools by Hexmos · reviewed 2026-08-02

License GPL-1.0-or-later OR Artistic-1.0-Perl

Corrects the current value of Artistic-2.0. Attean ships no separate LICENSE file; its README/POD state it is released 'under the same terms as Perl itself,' which is the standard Perl 5 dual license, expressed in SPDX as GPL-1.0-or-later OR Artistic-1.0-Perl (not Artistic-2.0).

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
kasei/attean README.md (raw) · reviewed 2026-08-02

Released 2014-09

Confirms the current value; the CPAN Changes file records version 0.001 as the initial release on 2014-09-27.

0.001 2014-09-27 - (Addition) Initial release.
Attean Changes file (CPAN source) · reviewed 2026-08-02

Language Perl

Confirms the current value; Attean is described as a Perl framework and GitHub reports Perl as the repository's primary language.

"watchers_count": 19, "language": "Perl", "has_issues": true,
kasei/attean (GitHub API repository object) · reviewed 2026-08-02