# Linked-Data serialization and deserialization primitives
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This library provides primitive traits to serialize and deserialize
Linked-Data types. It is shipped with derive macros (using the `derive`
feature) that can automatically implement those primitives for you.
## Example
```rust
use iref::IriBuf;
use static_iref::iri;
#[derive(linked_data::Serialize, linked_data::Deserialize)]
#[ld(prefix("ex" = "http://example.org/"))]
struct Foo {
#[ld(id)]
id: IriBuf,
#[ld("ex:name")]
name: String,
#[ld("ex:email")]
email: String
}
let value = Foo {
id: iri!("http://example.org/JohnSmith").to_owned(),
name: "John Smith".to_owned(),
email: "john.smith@example.org".to_owned()
};
let quads = linked_data::to_quads(rdf_types::generator::Blank::new(), &value)
.expect("RDF serialization failed");
for quad in quads {
use rdf_types::RdfDisplay;
println!("{} .", quad.rdf_display())
}
```
This should print the following:
```text
<http://example.org/JohnSmith> <http://example.org/name> "John Smith" .
<http://example.org/JohnSmith> <http://example.org/email> "john.smith@example.org" .
```
## License
Licensed under either of
* Apache License, Version 2.0 ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
* MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
### Contribution
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for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any
additional terms or conditions.