---
name: "ontospy"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ontospy"
version: "2.1.1~dfsg2-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ontospy"
---

# ontospy(1)

command-line tool to inspect and visualize RDF models

## NAME

ontospy - command-line tool to inspect and visualize RDF models

## SYNOPSIS

**ontospy** \[*OPTIONS*\] *COMMAND* \[*ARGS*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

-

  Ontospy allows to extract and visualise ontology information included in RDF data. Use one of the commands listed below to find out more, or visit http://lambdamusic.github.io/ontospy

## OPTIONS

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  VERBOSE: print out debug messages.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show this message and exit.

### Commands:

- scan

  SCAN: get ontology data from RDF source and print out a report.

- gendocs

  GENDOCS: generate documentation in html or markdown format.

- lib

  LIBRARY: work with a local library of RDF models.

- shell

  SHELL: launch ontospy's interactive mode.

- ser

  SERIALIZE: tranform an RDF graph to a format of choice.

- utils

  UTILS: miscellaneous bits and pieces.