diff --git a/ckan/controllers/package.py b/ckan/controllers/package.py
index 47a00438833..fea392f8bb4 100644
--- a/ckan/controllers/package.py
+++ b/ckan/controllers/package.py
@@ -313,10 +313,10 @@ def pager_url(q=None, page=None):
                       extra_vars={'dataset_type': package_type})
 
     def _content_type_from_extension(self, ext):
-        ct, mu, ext = accept.parse_extension(ext)
+        ct, ext = accept.parse_extension(ext)
         if not ct:
-            return None, None, None,
-        return ct, ext, (NewTextTemplate, MarkupTemplate)[mu]
+            return None, None
+        return ct, ext
 
     def _content_type_from_accept(self):
         """
@@ -325,8 +325,8 @@ def _content_type_from_accept(self):
         it accurately.  TextTemplate must be used for non-xml templates
         whilst all that are some sort of XML should use MarkupTemplate.
         """
-        ct, mu, ext = accept.parse_header(request.headers.get('Accept', ''))
-        return ct, ext, (NewTextTemplate, MarkupTemplate)[mu]
+        ct, ext = accept.parse_header(request.headers.get('Accept', ''))
+        return ct, ext
 
     def resources(self, id):
         package_type = self._get_package_type(id.split('@')[0])
@@ -358,16 +358,15 @@ def resources(self, id):
 
     def read(self, id, format='html'):
         if not format == 'html':
-            ctype, extension, loader = \
+            ctype, extension = \
                 self._content_type_from_extension(format)
             if not ctype:
                 # An unknown format, we'll carry on in case it is a
                 # revision specifier and re-constitute the original id
                 id = "%s.%s" % (id, format)
-                ctype, format, loader = "text/html; charset=utf-8", "html", \
-                    MarkupTemplate
+                ctype, format = "text/html; charset=utf-8", "html"
         else:
-            ctype, format, loader = self._content_type_from_accept()
+            ctype, format = self._content_type_from_accept()
 
         response.headers['Content-Type'] = ctype
 
@@ -427,7 +426,7 @@ def read(self, id, format='html'):
         template = template[:template.index('.') + 1] + format
 
         try:
-            return render(template, loader_class=loader,
+            return render(template,
                           extra_vars={'dataset_type': package_type})
         except ckan.lib.render.TemplateNotFound:
             msg = _("Viewing {package_type} datasets in {format} format is "
diff --git a/ckan/lib/accept.py b/ckan/lib/accept.py
index 447797b4033..f6f53f2b001 100644
--- a/ckan/lib/accept.py
+++ b/ckan/lib/accept.py
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 accept_re = re.compile("^(?P<ct>[^;]+)[ \t]*(;[ \t]*q=(?P<q>[0-9.]+)){0,1}$")
 
 accept_types = {
-    #   Name         : ContentType,             Is Markup?, Extension
-    "text/html": ("text/html; charset=utf-8",  True,  'html'),
-    "text/n3": ("text/n3; charset=utf-8",    False, 'n3'),
-    "application/rdf+xml": ("application/rdf+xml; charset=utf-8", True, 'rdf'),
+    #   Name         : ContentType,                                Extension
+    "text/html": ("text/html; charset=utf-8",                     'html'),
+    "text/n3": ("text/n3; charset=utf-8",                         'n3'),
+    "application/rdf+xml": ("application/rdf+xml; charset=utf-8", 'rdf'),
 }
 accept_by_extension = {
     "rdf": "application/rdf+xml",
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def parse_extension(file_ext):
     ext = accept_by_extension.get(file_ext, None)
     if ext:
         return accept_types[ext]
-    return (None, None, None,)
+    return (None, None)
 
 
 def parse_header(accept_header=''):
diff --git a/ckan/plugins/interfaces.py b/ckan/plugins/interfaces.py
index 0b0a058e499..ff033fa0233 100644
--- a/ckan/plugins/interfaces.py
+++ b/ckan/plugins/interfaces.py
@@ -963,8 +963,8 @@ def read_template(self):
         ``'package/read.html'``.
 
         If the user requests the dataset in a format other than HTML
-        (CKAN supports returning datasets in RDF or N3 format by appending .rdf
-        or .n3 to the dataset read URL, see
+        (CKAN supports returning datasets in RDF format by appending .rdf
+        to the dataset read URL, see
         :doc:`/maintaining/linked-data-and-rdf`) then CKAN will try to render a
         template file with the same path as returned by this function, but a
         different filename extension, e.g. ``'package/read.rdf'``.  If your
diff --git a/ckan/templates/package/read.n3 b/ckan/templates/package/read.n3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca2751e7f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ckan/templates/package/read.n3
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+@prefix : <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
+@prefix dcat: <http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#> .
+@prefix dct: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
+@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
+@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
+@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
+
+<{{ h.url_for(controller='package',action='read',id=c.pkg_dict['name'], qualified=True)}}>
+a dcat:Dataset;
+     dct:description "{{c.pkg_dict['notes']}}";
+     dct:identifier "{{c.pkg_dict['name']}}";
+     dct:relation  [
+         rdf:value "";
+         :label "change_note" ],
+             [
+         rdf:value "";
+         :label "definition_note" ],
+             [
+         rdf:value "";
+         :label "editorial_note" ],
+             [
+         rdf:value "";
+         :label "example_note" ],
+             [
+         rdf:value "";
+         :label "history_note" ],
+             [
+         rdf:value "";
+         :label "scope_note" ],
+             [
+         rdf:value "";
+         :label "skos_note" ],
+             [
+         rdf:value "";
+         :label "temporal_granularity" ],
+             [
+         rdf:value "";
+         :label "type_of_dataset" ],
+             [
+         rdf:value "";
+         :label "update_frequency" ];
+     dct:title "{{c.pkg_dict['title']}}";
+     :label "{{c.pkg_dict['name']}}";
+     = <urn:uuid:{{c.pkg_dict['id']}}>;
+     foaf:homepage <{{ h.url_for(controller='package',action='read',id=c.pkg_dict['name'], qualified=True)}}> .
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ckan/templates/package/read.rdf b/ckan/templates/package/read.rdf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a080454c80e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ckan/templates/package/read.rdf
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<rdf:RDF
+  xmlns:py="http://genshi.edgewall.org/"
+  xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"
+  xmlns:owl="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#"
+  xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"
+  xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
+  xmlns:dcat="http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#"
+  xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
+>
+  <dcat:Dataset rdf:about="{{ h.url_for(controller='package',action='read',id=c.pkg_dict['name'], qualified=True) }}">
+    <owl:sameAs rdf:resource="urn:uuid:{{c.pkg_dict['id']}}"/>
+    <dct:description>{{c.pkg_dict['notes']}}</dct:description>
+    {% for tag_dict in c.pkg_dict['tags'] %}
+        <dcat:keyword>{{ tag_dict["name"] }}</dcat:keyword>
+    {% endfor %}
+    <foaf:homepage rdf:resource="{{ h.url_for(controller='package',action='read',id=c.pkg_dict['name'], qualified=True)}}"/>
+    <rdfs:label>{{c.pkg_dict['name']}}</rdfs:label>
+
+    <dct:identifier>{{c.pkg_dict['name']}}</dct:identifier>
+    <dct:title>{{c.pkg_dict['title']}}</dct:title>
+    {% for rsc_dict in c.pkg_dict['resources'] %}
+        <dcat:distribution>
+            <dcat:Distribution>
+                <dcat:accessURL rdf:resource="{{ rsc_dict['url'] }}"/>
+                    {% if rsc_dict.get('format')%}
+                    <dct:format>
+                        <dct:IMT>
+                            <rdf:value>{{rsc_dict.get('format')}}</rdf:value>
+                            <rdfs:label>{{rsc_dict.get('format')}}</rdfs:label>
+                        </dct:IMT>
+                    </dct:format>
+                    {% endif %}
+               {% if rsc_dict.get('name')%}<dct:title>{{rsc_dict.get('name')}}</dct:title>{% endif %}
+            </dcat:Distribution>
+        </dcat:distribution>
+    {% endfor %}
+    {% if c.pkg_dict.get('author', None) %}
+    <dct:creator>
+      <rdf:Description>
+        <foaf:name>{{ c.pkg_dict['author'] }}</foaf:name>
+        {% if c.pkg_dict.get('maintainer_email', None)%}
+        <foaf:mbox rdf:resource="mailto:{{c.pkg_dict['author_email']}}"/>
+        {% endif %}
+      </rdf:Description>
+    </dct:creator>
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if c.pkg_dict.get('maintainer', None)%}
+    <dct:contributor>
+      <rdf:Description>
+        <foaf:name>{{ c.pkg_dict['maintainer'] }}</foaf:name>
+        {% if c.pkg_dict.get('maintainer_email', None) %}
+        <foaf:mbox  rdf:resource="mailto:{{c.pkg_dict['maintainer_email']}}"/>
+        {% endif %}
+      </rdf:Description>
+    </dct:contributor>
+    {% endif %}
+
+    {% if c.pkg_dict.get('license_url', None) %}
+    <dct:rights rdf:resource="{{c.pkg_dict['license_url']}}"/>
+    {% endif %}
+
+    {% for extra_dict in c.pkg_dict.get('extras',None) %}
+        <dct:relation>
+          <rdf:Description>
+            <rdfs:label>{{extra_dict.get('key','')}}</rdfs:label>
+            <rdf:value>{{extra_dict.get('value','')}}</rdf:value>
+          </rdf:Description>
+        </dct:relation>
+    {% endfor %}
+  </dcat:Dataset>
+</rdf:RDF>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ckan/tests/functional/test_package.py b/ckan/tests/functional/test_package.py
index 12a1a5a7239..31ae40556b6 100644
--- a/ckan/tests/functional/test_package.py
+++ b/ckan/tests/functional/test_package.py
@@ -238,6 +238,18 @@ def check_link(res, controller, id):
         assert 'decoy</a>' not in res, res
         assert 'decoy"' not in res, res
 
+    def test_read_rdf(self):
+        name = 'annakarenina'
+        offset = url_for(controller='package', action='read', id=name) + ".rdf"
+        res = self.app.get(offset, status=200)
+        assert 'dcat' in res, res
+
+    def test_read_n3(self):
+        name = 'annakarenina'
+        offset = url_for(controller='package', action='read', id=name) + ".n3"
+        res = self.app.get(offset, status=200)
+        assert 'dcat' in res, res
+
     def test_read_plugin_hook(self):
         plugins.load('test_package_controller_plugin')
         plugin = plugins.get_plugin('test_package_controller_plugin')
diff --git a/ckan/tests/lib/test_accept.py b/ckan/tests/lib/test_accept.py
index 13c065e4b8c..68fc4dd1831 100644
--- a/ckan/tests/lib/test_accept.py
+++ b/ckan/tests/lib/test_accept.py
@@ -4,55 +4,47 @@
 
 class TestAccept:
     def test_accept_invalid(self):
-        ct, markup, ext = accept.parse_header(None)
+        ct, ext = accept.parse_header(None)
         assert_equal( ct, "text/html; charset=utf-8")
-        assert_equal( markup, True)
         assert_equal( ext, "html")
 
     def test_accept_invalid2(self):
-        ct, markup, ext = accept.parse_header("")
+        ct, ext = accept.parse_header("")
         assert_equal( ct, "text/html; charset=utf-8")
-        assert_equal( markup, True)
         assert_equal( ext, "html")
 
     def test_accept_invalid3(self):
-        ct, markup, ext = accept.parse_header("wombles")
+        ct, ext = accept.parse_header("wombles")
         assert_equal( ct, "text/html; charset=utf-8")
-        assert_equal( markup, True)
         assert_equal( ext, "html")
 
 
     def test_accept_valid(self):
         a = "text/turtle,application/turtle,application/rdf+xml,text/plain;q=0.8,*/*;q=.5"
-        ct, markup, ext = accept.parse_header(a)
+        ct, ext = accept.parse_header(a)
         assert_equal( ct, "application/rdf+xml; charset=utf-8")
-        assert_equal( markup, True)
         assert_equal( ext, "rdf")
 
     def test_accept_valid2(self):
         a = "text/turtle,application/turtle,application/rdf+xml;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,*/*;q=.5"
-        ct, markup, ext = accept.parse_header(a)
+        ct, ext = accept.parse_header(a)
         assert_equal( ct, "application/rdf+xml; charset=utf-8")
-        assert_equal( markup, True)
         assert_equal( ext, "rdf")
 
     def test_accept_valid4(self):
         a = "application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5"
-        ct, markup, ext = accept.parse_header(a)
+        ct, ext = accept.parse_header(a)
         assert_equal( ct, "text/html; charset=utf-8")
-        assert_equal( markup, True)
         assert_equal( ext, "html")
 
     def test_accept_valid5(self):
         a = "application/rdf+xml;q=0.5,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9"
-        ct, markup, ext = accept.parse_header(a)
+        ct, ext = accept.parse_header(a)
         assert_equal( ct, "text/html; charset=utf-8")
-        assert_equal( markup, True)
         assert_equal( ext, "html")
 
     def test_accept_valid6(self):
         a = "application/rdf+xml;q=0.9,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.5"
-        ct, markup, ext = accept.parse_header(a)
+        ct, ext = accept.parse_header(a)
         assert_equal( ct, "application/rdf+xml; charset=utf-8")
-        assert_equal( markup, True)
         assert_equal( ext, "rdf")