diff --git a/resources/etc/configuration.xml b/resources/etc/configuration.xml
index e6517934..1b48a355 100644
--- a/resources/etc/configuration.xml
+++ b/resources/etc/configuration.xml
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@
 <implementation type="cx:message"
 		class-name="com.xmlcalabash.extensions.Message"/>
 
+<implementation type="cx:rdfa"
+		class-name="com.xmlcalabash.extensions.RDFa"/>
+
 <implementation type="cx:wait-for-update"
 		class-name="com.xmlcalabash.extensions.WaitForUpdate"/>
 
diff --git a/resources/etc/extension-library.xml b/resources/etc/extension-library.xml
index d7ff69c4..767be300 100644
--- a/resources/etc/extension-library.xml
+++ b/resources/etc/extension-library.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@
    <p:option name="message" required="true"/>
 </p:declare-step>
 
+<p:declare-step type="cx:rdfa">
+   <p:input port="source"/>
+   <p:output port="result" sequence="true"/>
+   <p:option name="max-triples-per-document" select="100"/>
+</p:declare-step>
+
 <p:declare-step type="cx:wait-for-update">
   <p:output port="result"/>
   <p:option name="href" required="true"/>
diff --git a/src/com/xmlcalabash/extensions/RDFa.java b/src/com/xmlcalabash/extensions/RDFa.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c162d910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/xmlcalabash/extensions/RDFa.java
@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+package com.xmlcalabash.extensions;
+
+import com.xmlcalabash.core.XProcConstants;
+import com.xmlcalabash.core.XProcException;
+import com.xmlcalabash.core.XProcRuntime;
+import com.xmlcalabash.io.ReadablePipe;
+import com.xmlcalabash.io.WritablePipe;
+import com.xmlcalabash.library.DefaultStep;
+import com.xmlcalabash.runtime.XAtomicStep;
+import com.xmlcalabash.util.S9apiUtils;
+import com.xmlcalabash.util.TreeWriter;
+import net.sf.saxon.s9api.Axis;
+import net.sf.saxon.s9api.QName;
+import net.sf.saxon.s9api.SaxonApiException;
+import net.sf.saxon.s9api.Serializer;
+import net.sf.saxon.s9api.XdmNode;
+import net.sf.saxon.s9api.XdmSequenceIterator;
+import org.semarglproject.rdf.ParseException;
+import org.semarglproject.rdf.rdfa.RdfaParser;
+import org.semarglproject.sink.TripleSink;
+import org.semarglproject.source.StreamProcessor;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.Vector;
+
+/**
+ * Created by IntelliJ IDEA.
+ * User: ndw
+ * Date: Oct 8, 2008
+ * Time: 7:44:07 AM
+ * To change this template use File | Settings | File Templates.
+ */
+
+public class RDFa extends DefaultStep {
+    private static final QName sem_triples = new QName("sem","http://marklogic.com/semantics", "triples");
+    private static final QName sem_triple = new QName("sem","http://marklogic.com/semantics", "triple");
+    private static final QName sem_subject = new QName("sem","http://marklogic.com/semantics", "subject");
+    private static final QName sem_predicate = new QName("sem","http://marklogic.com/semantics", "predicate");
+    private static final QName sem_object = new QName("sem","http://marklogic.com/semantics", "object");
+    private static final QName _datatype = new QName("", "datatype");
+    private static final QName _max_triples = new QName("", "max-triples-per-document");
+    private ReadablePipe source = null;
+    private WritablePipe result = null;
+    private long limit = 100;
+    private long count = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance of Identity
+     */
+    public RDFa(XProcRuntime runtime, XAtomicStep step) {
+        super(runtime,step);
+    }
+
+    public void setInput(String port, ReadablePipe pipe) {
+        source = pipe;
+    }
+
+    public void setOutput(String port, WritablePipe pipe) {
+        result = pipe;
+    }
+
+    public void reset() {
+        source.resetReader();
+        result.resetWriter();
+    }
+
+    public void run() throws SaxonApiException {
+        super.run();
+
+        String limitStr = getOption(_max_triples).getString();
+        try {
+            limit = Integer.parseInt(limitStr);
+        } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
+            throw XProcException.dynamicError(19, "The max-triples-per-document on cx:rdf-a must be an integer");
+        }
+
+        XdmNode doc = source.read();
+
+        try {
+            Sink sink = new Sink();
+            StreamProcessor sp = new StreamProcessor(RdfaParser.connect(sink));
+
+            // HACK!!!
+            // FIXME: set serializer properties appropriately!
+            Serializer serializer = makeSerializer();
+            StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
+            serializer.setOutputWriter(writer);
+            S9apiUtils.serialize(runtime, doc, serializer);
+            writer.close();
+
+            ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(writer.toString().getBytes("UTF-8"));
+            sp.process(bais, doc.getBaseURI().toASCIIString());
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new XProcException(e);
+        } catch (ParseException e) {
+            throw new XProcException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class Sink implements TripleSink {
+        TreeWriter tree = null;
+        String baseURI = null;
+        long randomValue = 0;
+        long milliSecs = 0;
+
+        public Sink() {
+            Random random = new Random();
+            randomValue = random.nextLong();
+            Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
+            milliSecs = cal.getTimeInMillis();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void addNonLiteral(String subj, String pred, String obj) {
+            /*
+            tree.addStartElement(sem_triple);
+            tree.startContent();
+            tree.addStartElement(sem_subject);
+            tree.startContent();
+            tree.addText(patchURI(subj));
+            tree.addEndElement();
+            tree.addStartElement(sem_predicate);
+            tree.startContent();
+            tree.addText(patchURI(pred));
+            tree.addEndElement();
+            tree.addStartElement(sem_object);
+            tree.startContent();
+            tree.addText(patchURI(obj));
+            tree.addEndElement();
+            tree.addEndElement();
+            */
+            nextFile();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void addPlainLiteral(String subj, String pred, String obj, String lang) {
+            tree.addStartElement(sem_triple);
+            tree.startContent();
+            tree.addStartElement(sem_subject);
+            tree.startContent();
+            tree.addText(patchURI(subj));
+            tree.addEndElement();
+            tree.addStartElement(sem_predicate);
+            tree.startContent();
+            tree.addText(patchURI(pred));
+            tree.addEndElement();
+            tree.addStartElement(sem_object);
+
+            if (lang == null || "".equals(lang)) {
+                tree.addAttribute(_datatype, "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string");
+            } else {
+                tree.addAttribute(XProcConstants.xml_lang,lang);
+            }
+
+            tree.startContent();
+            tree.addText(obj);
+            tree.addEndElement();
+            tree.addEndElement();
+            nextFile();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void addTypedLiteral(String subj, String pred, String obj, String datatype) {
+            if (datatype == null) {
+                datatype = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string";
+            }
+            tree.addStartElement(sem_triple);
+            tree.startContent();
+            tree.addStartElement(sem_subject);
+            tree.startContent();
+            tree.addText(patchURI(subj));
+            tree.addEndElement();
+            tree.addStartElement(sem_predicate);
+            tree.startContent();
+            tree.addText(patchURI(pred));
+            tree.addEndElement();
+            tree.addStartElement(sem_object);
+            tree.addAttribute(_datatype, datatype);
+            tree.startContent();
+            tree.addText(obj);
+            tree.addEndElement();
+            tree.addEndElement();
+            nextFile();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void setBaseUri(String s) {
+            baseURI = s;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void startStream() throws ParseException {
+            tree = new TreeWriter(runtime);
+            tree.startDocument(step.getNode().getBaseURI());
+            tree.addStartElement(sem_triples);
+            tree.startContent();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void endStream() throws ParseException {
+            tree.addEndElement();
+            tree.endDocument();
+            if (count > 0) {
+                XdmNode out = tree.getResult();
+                result.write(out);
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean setProperty(String key, Object value) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        private void nextFile() {
+            count += 1;
+            if (count >= limit) {
+                tree.addEndElement();
+                tree.endDocument();
+
+                XdmNode out = tree.getResult();
+                result.write(out);
+
+                tree = new TreeWriter(runtime);
+                tree.startDocument(step.getNode().getBaseURI());
+                tree.addStartElement(sem_triples);
+                tree.startContent();
+
+                count = 0;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private String patchURI(String uri) {
+            if (uri.startsWith("_:")) {
+                return "http://marklogic.com/semantics/blank/"
+                        + Long.toHexString(fuse(scramble(milliSecs),randomValue))
+                        + "/" + uri;
+            } else {
+                return uri;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private long rotl(long x, long y)
+        {
+            return (x<<y)^(x>>(64-y));
+        }
+
+        private long fuse(long a, long b)
+        {
+            return rotl(a,8)^b;
+        }
+
+        private long scramble(long x)
+        {
+            return x^rotl(x,20)^rotl(x,40);
+        }
+    }
+}
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