n3 2.2.16 → 2.3.0

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@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ console.log(myQuad.object.datatype.value); // http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-s
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  console.log(myQuad.object.language); // en
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  ```
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+ When no language or datatype is supplied, `literal` automatically assigns XSD datatypes
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+ to JavaScript booleans, numbers, and valid `Date` objects. Dates are converted to UTC
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+ using `Date.prototype.toISOString()` and receive the `xsd:dateTime` datatype:
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+ ```JavaScript
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+ const created = literal(new Date('2017-04-27T14:39:48.901Z'));
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+ console.log(created.value); // 2017-04-27T14:39:48.901Z
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+ console.log(created.datatype.value); // http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
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+ ```
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  Always create terms through a data factory such as `N3.DataFactory`,
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  and not by instantiating the term classes directly:
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  direct construction is deprecated,