Recommended rdf usage in Ruby on Rails

Question

I'd like to publish rdf in my rails apps. What's the right way to do it?

Answer 1

(For people who are interested in working with actual RDF data, please see The State of RDF in Ruby.)

The short answer to your question: You're looking for respond_to. In general, you'd write something like:

class PeopleController < ApplicationController::Base
  respond_to :html, :rdf

  def index
    @people = Person.all
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html
      format.rdf { convert_to_rdf(@people) }
    end
  end
end

Of course, you'll have to write 'convert_to_rdf'. You might find that RDF.rb is helpful for that.