HDT keeps big RDF datasets compressed while maintaining efficient search and browse operations.

To compile the library run make under the directory hdt-lib, this will generate the library and tools.

The implementation has the following dependencies:

• Serd This enables importing RDF data in the Turtle and N-Triples serialization formats specifically. The dependency is activated by default; to deactivate it, comment out the line SERD_SUPPORT=true in the Makefile.
• Raptor RDF Parser Library 2.x (optional) This enables importing RDF data in many serialization formats, e.g., RDF/XML, Turtle, N3, etc. The dependency is activated by default; to deactivate it, comment out the line RAPTOR_SUPPORT=true in the Makefile. If Raptor or Serd is not used, the library will only be able to load RDF data in N-Triples format.
• libz (optional) Enables loading N-Triples files compressed with GZIP (e.g., file.nt.gz) and gzipped HDTs (file.hdt.gz). The dependency is activated by default; to deactivate it, comment out the line LIBZ_SUPPORT=true in the Makefile.
• Kyoto Cabinet (optional) Enables generating big RDF datasets on machines without much RAM memory, by creating a temporary Kyoto Cabinet database. The dependency is deactivated by default; to activate it, uncomment the line KYOTO_SUPPORT=true in the Makefile and edit the library include path (INCLUDES=) as needed.

After building, these are the typical operations that you will perform: Create the HDT representation of your RDF data:

$ tools/rdf2hdt data/test.nt data/test.hdt

Convert an HDT to another RDF serialization format, such as N-Triples:

$ tools/hdt2rdf data/test.hdt data/test.hdtexport.nt

Open a terminal to search triple patterns within an HDT file:

$ tools/hdtSearch data/test.hdt
>> ? ? ?
http://example.org/uri3 http://example.org/predicate3 http://example.org/uri4
http://example.org/uri3 http://example.org/predicate3 http://example.org/uri5
http://example.org/uri4 http://example.org/predicate4 http://example.org/uri5
http://example.org/uri1 http://example.org/predicate1 "literal1"
http://example.org/uri1 http://example.org/predicate1 "literalA"
http://example.org/uri1 http://example.org/predicate1 "literalB"
http://example.org/uri1 http://example.org/predicate1 "literalC"
http://example.org/uri1 http://example.org/predicate2 http://example.org/uri3
http://example.org/uri1 http://example.org/predicate2 http://example.org/uriA3
http://example.org/uri2 http://example.org/predicate1 "literal1"
9 results shown.

>> http://example.org/uri3 ? ?
http://example.org/uri3 http://example.org/predicate3 http://example.org/uri4
http://example.org/uri3 http://example.org/predicate3 http://example.org/uri5
2 results shown.

>> exit

Extract the Header of an HDT file:

$ tools/hdtInfo data/test.hdt > header.nt

Replace the Header of an HDT file with a new one. For example, by editing the existing one as extracted using hdtInfo:

$ tools/replaceHeader data/test.hdt data/testOutput.hdt newHeader.nt