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From: Arto Bendiken <arto@bendiken.net>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 07:38:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Imported README.

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-= SPARQL.rb - SPARQL API for Ruby
-
-== Dependencies
-
-* Ruby 1.8+
-
-
-== Download
-
-The latest version of SPARQL.rb can be found at:
-
-* http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=4784
-
-API documentation can be found at:
-
-* http://sparql.rubyforge.org/
-
-
-== Installation
-
-The recommended installation method is via RubyGems:
-
-  % [sudo] gem install sparql
-
-
-== License
-
-SPARQL.rb is free and unencumbered public domain software. For more
-information, see <http://unlicense.org/> or the accompanying UNLICENSE file.
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+SPARQL Client for RDF.rb
+========================
+
+This is a pure-Ruby implementation of a [SPARQL][] client for [RDF.rb][].
+
+* <http://github.com/bendiken/sparql-client>
+
+Features
+--------
+
+* Queries SPARQL HTTP endpoints.
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+    require 'sparql/client'
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+* <http://sparql.rubyforge.org/>
+
+Download
+--------
+
+To get a local working copy of the development repository, do:
+
+    % git clone git://github.com/bendiken/sparql-client.git
+
+Alternatively, you can download the latest development version as a tarball
+as follows:
+
+    % wget http://github.com/bendiken/sparql-client/tarball/master
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+The recommended installation method is via RubyGems. To install the latest
+official release from Gemcutter, do:
+
+    % [sudo] gem install sparql-client
+
+Resources
+---------
+
+* <http://sparql.rubyforge.org/>
+* <http://github.com/bendiken/sparql-client>
+* <http://rubygems.org/gems/sparql-client>
+* <http://rubyforge.org/projects/sparql/>
+* <http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/sparql/>
+* <http://www.ohloh.net/p/rdf>
+
+Authors
+-------
+
+* [Arto Bendiken](mailto:arto.bendiken@gmail.com) - <http://ar.to/>
+* [Ben Lavender](mailto:blavender@gmail.com) - <http://bhuga.net/>
+
+License
+-------
+
+This is free and unencumbered public domain software. For more
+information, see <http://unlicense.org/> or the accompanying UNLICENSE file.
+
+[RDF]:    http://www.w3.org/RDF/
+[SPARQL]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARQL
+[RDF.rb]: http://rdf.rubyforge.org/