Improve @direction support.

- Emit `toRdf` warning if `@direction` is used and `rdfDirection` is not
  set.
- Add safe mode support for `@direction`. Using `@direction` without
  `rdfDirection` set will cause a safe mode failure.
- Add tests.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # jsonld ChangeLog
 
+## 8.3.0 - 2023-09-xx
+
+### Added
+- Emit `toRdf` warning if `@direction` is used and `rdfDirection` is not set.
+
+### Fixed
+- Add safe mode support for `@direction`. Using `@direction` without
+  `rdfDirection` set will cause a safe mode failure.
+
 ## 8.2.1 - 2023-08-31
 
 ### Fixed

lib/events.js

@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ const _notSafeEventCodes = new Set([
   'relative graph reference',
   'relative object reference',
   'relative predicate reference',
-  'relative subject reference'
+  'relative subject reference',
+  // toRDF / fromRDF
+  'rdfDirection not set'
 ]);
 
 // safe handler that rejects unsafe warning conditions

lib/fromRdf.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017 Digital Bazaar, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 Digital Bazaar, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 'use strict';
 
@@ -52,14 +52,28 @@ api.fromRDF = async (
   dataset,
   options
 ) => {
-  const defaultGraph = {};
-  const graphMap = {'@default': defaultGraph};
-  const referencedOnce = {};
   const {
     useRdfType = false,
     useNativeTypes = false,
     rdfDirection = null
   } = options;
+  // FIXME: use Maps?
+  const defaultGraph = {};
+  const graphMap = {'@default': defaultGraph};
+  const referencedOnce = {};
+  if(rdfDirection) {
+    if(rdfDirection === 'compound-literal') {
+      throw new JsonLdError(
+        'Unsupported rdfDirection value.',
+        'jsonld.InvalidRdfDirection',
+        {value: rdfDirection});
+    } else if(rdfDirection !== 'i18n-datatype') {
+      throw new JsonLdError(
+        'Unknown rdfDirection value.',
+        'jsonld.InvalidRdfDirection',
+        {value: rdfDirection});
+    }
+  }
 
   for(const quad of dataset) {
     // TODO: change 'name' to 'graph'

lib/jsonld.js

@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ const _resolvedContextCache = new LRU({max: RESOLVED_CONTEXT_CACHE_MAX_SIZE});
  *          [graph] true to always output a top-level graph (default: false).
  *          [expandContext] a context to expand with.
  *          [skipExpansion] true to assume the input is expanded and skip
- *            expansion, false not to, defaults to false.
+ *            expansion, false not to, defaults to false. Some well-formed
+ *            and safe-mode checks may be omitted.
  *          [documentLoader(url, options)] the document loader.
  *          [framing] true if compaction is occuring during a framing operation.
  *          [safe] true to use safe mode. (default: false)
@@ -538,13 +539,16 @@ jsonld.link = async function(input, ctx, options) {
  *          [base] the base IRI to use (default: `null`).
  *          [expandContext] a context to expand with.
  *          [skipExpansion] true to assume the input is expanded and skip
- *            expansion, false not to, defaults to false.
+ *            expansion, false not to, defaults to false. Some well-formed
+ *            and safe-mode checks may be omitted.
  *          [inputFormat] the format if input is not JSON-LD:
  *            'application/n-quads' for N-Quads.
  *          [format] the format if output is a string:
  *            'application/n-quads' for N-Quads.
  *          [documentLoader(url, options)] the document loader.
  *          [useNative] true to use a native canonize algorithm
+ *          [rdfDirection] null or 'i18n-datatype' to support RDF
+ *             transformation of @direction (default: null).
  *          [safe] true to use safe mode. (default: true).
  *          [contextResolver] internal use only.
  *
@@ -601,8 +605,8 @@ jsonld.normalize = jsonld.canonize = async function(input, options) {
  *            (default: false).
  *          [useNativeTypes] true to convert XSD types into native types
  *            (boolean, integer, double), false not to (default: false).
- *          [rdfDirection] 'i18n-datatype' to support RDF transformation of
- *             @direction (default: null).
+ *          [rdfDirection] null or 'i18n-datatype' to support RDF
+ *             transformation of @direction (default: null).
  *          [safe] true to use safe mode. (default: false)
  *
  * @return a Promise that resolves to the JSON-LD document.
@@ -647,13 +651,16 @@ jsonld.fromRDF = async function(dataset, options) {
  *          [base] the base IRI to use.
  *          [expandContext] a context to expand with.
  *          [skipExpansion] true to assume the input is expanded and skip
- *            expansion, false not to, defaults to false.
+ *            expansion, false not to, defaults to false. Some well-formed
+ *            and safe-mode checks may be omitted.
  *          [format] the format to use to output a string:
  *            'application/n-quads' for N-Quads.
  *          [produceGeneralizedRdf] true to output generalized RDF, false
  *            to produce only standard RDF (default: false).
  *          [documentLoader(url, options)] the document loader.
  *          [safe] true to use safe mode. (default: false)
+ *          [rdfDirection] null or 'i18n-datatype' to support RDF
+ *             transformation of @direction (default: null).
  *          [contextResolver] internal use only.
  *
  * @return a Promise that resolves to the RDF dataset.

lib/toRdf.js

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017 Digital Bazaar, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 Digital Bazaar, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 'use strict';
 
 const {createNodeMap} = require('./nodeMap');
 const {isKeyword} = require('./context');
 const graphTypes = require('./graphTypes');
 const jsonCanonicalize = require('canonicalize');
+const JsonLdError = require('./JsonLdError');
 const types = require('./types');
 const util = require('./util');
 
@@ -312,18 +313,61 @@ function _objectToRDF(
     } else if(types.isNumber(value)) {
       object.value = value.toFixed(0);
       object.datatype.value = datatype || XSD_INTEGER;
-    } else if(rdfDirection === 'i18n-datatype' &&
-      '@direction' in item) {
-      const datatype = 'https://www.w3.org/ns/i18n#' +
-        (item['@language'] || '') +
-        `_${item['@direction']}`;
+    } else if('@direction' in item && rdfDirection === 'i18n-datatype') {
+      const language = (item['@language'] || '').toLowerCase();
+      const direction = item['@direction'];
+      const datatype = `https://www.w3.org/ns/i18n#${language}_${direction}`;
       object.datatype.value = datatype;
       object.value = value;
+    } else if('@direction' in item && rdfDirection === 'compound-literal') {
+      throw new JsonLdError(
+        'Unsupported rdfDirection value.',
+        'jsonld.InvalidRdfDirection',
+        {value: rdfDirection});
+    } else if('@direction' in item && rdfDirection) {
+      throw new JsonLdError(
+        'Unknown rdfDirection value.',
+        'jsonld.InvalidRdfDirection',
+        {value: rdfDirection});
     } else if('@language' in item) {
+      if('@direction' in item && rdfDirection === null) {
+        if(options.eventHandler) {
+          // FIXME: only emit once?
+          _handleEvent({
+            event: {
+              type: ['JsonLdEvent'],
+              code: 'rdfDirection not set',
+              level: 'warning',
+              message: 'rdfDirection not set for @direction.',
+              details: {
+                object: object.value
+              }
+            },
+            options
+          });
+        }
+      }
       object.value = value;
       object.datatype.value = datatype || RDF_LANGSTRING;
       object.language = item['@language'];
     } else {
+      if('@direction' in item && rdfDirection === null) {
+        if(options.eventHandler) {
+          // FIXME: only emit once?
+          _handleEvent({
+            event: {
+              type: ['JsonLdEvent'],
+              code: 'rdfDirection not set',
+              level: 'warning',
+              message: 'rdfDirection not set for @direction.',
+              details: {
+                object: object.value
+              }
+            },
+            options
+          });
+        }
+      }
       object.value = value;
       object.datatype.value = datatype || XSD_STRING;
     }