diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/__init__.py b/light9/rdfdb/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/autodepgraphapi.py b/light9/rdfdb/autodepgraphapi.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/autodepgraphapi.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,221 +0,0 @@
-import logging
-from rdflib import RDF, RDFS
-from light9.rdfdb.currentstategraphapi import contextsForStatementNoWildcards
-log = logging.getLogger('autodepgraphapi')
-
-class AutoDepGraphApi(object):
-    """
-    knockoutjs-inspired API for automatically building a dependency
-    tree while reading the graph. See addHandler().
-
-    This design is more aggressive than knockoutjs, since the obvious
-    query methods like value() all error if you're not in a watched
-    section of code. This is supposed to make it easier to notice
-    dependency mistakes, especially when porting old code to use
-    SyncedGraph.
-    
-    This class is a mixin for SyncedGraph, separated here because
-    these methods work together
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        self._watchers = _GraphWatchers()
-        self.currentFuncs = [] # stack of addHandler callers
-    
-    def addHandler(self, func):
-        """
-        run this (idempotent) func, noting what graph values it
-        uses. Run it again in the future if there are changes to those
-        graph values. The func might use different values during that
-        future call, and those will be what we watch for next.
-        """
-
-        # if we saw this func before, we need to forget the old
-        # callbacks it wanted and replace with the new ones we see
-        # now.
-
-        # if one handler func calls another, does that break anything?
-        # maybe not?
-
-        # no plan for sparql queries yet. Hook into a lower layer that
-        # reveals all their statement fetches? Just make them always
-        # new? Cache their results, so if i make the query again and
-        # it gives the same result, I don't call the handler?
-
-        self.currentFuncs.append(func)
-        log.debug('graph.currentFuncs push %s', func)
-        try:
-            try:
-                func()
-            except:
-                import traceback
-                traceback.print_exc()
-                raise
-        finally:
-            self.currentFuncs.pop()
-            log.debug('graph.currentFuncs pop %s. stack now has %s', func, len(self.currentFuncs))
-
-    def runDepsOnNewPatch(self, p):
-        """
-        patch p just happened to the graph; call everyone back who
-        might care, and then notice what data they depend on now
-        """
-        for func in self._watchers.whoCares(p):
-            # todo: forget the old handlers for this func
-            log.debug('runDepsOnNewPatch calling watcher %s', p)
-            self.addHandler(func)
-
-    def _getCurrentFunc(self):
-        if not self.currentFuncs:
-            # this may become a warning later
-            raise ValueError("asked for graph data outside of a handler")
-
-        # we add the watcher to the deepest function, since that
-        # should be the cheapest way to update when this part of the
-        # data changes
-        return self.currentFuncs[-1]
-
-    # these just call through to triples() so it might be possible to
-    # watch just that one.
-
-    # if you get a bnode in your response, maybe the answer to
-    # dependency tracking is to say that you depended on the triple
-    # that got you that bnode, since it is likely to change to another
-    # bnode later. This won't work if the receiver stores bnodes
-    # between calls, but probably most of them don't do that (they
-    # work from a starting uri)
-
-    def value(self, subject=None, predicate=RDF.value, object=None,
-              default=None, any=True):
-        if object is not None:
-            raise NotImplementedError()
-        func = self._getCurrentFunc()
-        self._watchers.addSubjPredWatcher(func, subject, predicate)
-        return self._graph.value(subject, predicate, object=object,
-                                 default=default, any=any)
-
-    def objects(self, subject=None, predicate=None):
-        func = self._getCurrentFunc()
-        self._watchers.addSubjPredWatcher(func, subject, predicate)
-        return self._graph.objects(subject, predicate)
-
-    def label(self, uri):
-        return self.value(uri, RDFS.label)
-
-    def subjects(self, predicate=None, object=None):
-        func = self._getCurrentFunc()
-        self._watchers.addPredObjWatcher(func, predicate, object)
-        return self._graph.subjects(predicate, object)
-
-    def predicate_objects(self, subject):
-        func = self._getCurrentFunc()
-        self._watchers.addSubjectWatcher(func, subject)
-        return self._graph.predicate_objects(subject)
-        
-    def items(self, listUri):
-        """generator. Having a chain of watchers on the results is not
-        well-tested yet"""
-        chain = set([listUri])
-        while listUri:
-            item = self.value(listUri, RDF.first)
-            if item:
-                yield item
-            listUri = self.value(listUri, RDF.rest)
-            if listUri in chain:
-                raise ValueError("List contains a recursive rdf:rest reference")
-            chain.add(listUri)
-
-        
-    def contains(self, triple):
-        func = self._getCurrentFunc()
-        self._watchers.addTripleWatcher(func, triple)
-        return triple in self._graph
-
-    def contextsForStatement(self, triple):
-        """currently this needs to be in an addHandler section, but it
-        sets no watchers so it won't actually update if the statement
-        was added or dropped from contexts"""
-        func = self._getCurrentFunc()
-        return contextsForStatementNoWildcards(self._graph, triple)
-
-    # i find myself wanting 'patch' (aka enter/leave) versions of these calls that tell
-    # you only what results have just appeared or disappeared. I think
-    # I'm going to be repeating that logic a lot. Maybe just for the
-    # subjects(RDF.type, t) call
-
-
-class _GraphWatchers(object):
-    """
-    store the current handlers that care about graph changes
-    """
-    def __init__(self):
-        self._handlersSp = {} # (s,p): set(handlers)
-        self._handlersPo = {} # (p,o): set(handlers)
-        self._handlersSpo = {} # (s,p,o): set(handlers)
-        self._handlersS = {} # s: set(handlers)
-
-    def addSubjPredWatcher(self, func, s, p):
-        if func is None:
-            return
-        key = s, p
-        try:
-            self._handlersSp.setdefault(key, set()).add(func)
-        except Exception:
-            log.error("with key %r and func %r" % (key, func))
-            raise
-
-    def addPredObjWatcher(self, func, p, o):
-        self._handlersPo.setdefault((p, o), set()).add(func)
-
-    def addTripleWatcher(self, func, triple):
-        self._handlersSpo.setdefault(triple, set()).add(func)
-
-    def addSubjectWatcher(self, func, s):
-        self._handlersS.setdefault(s, set()).add(func)
-        
-    def whoCares(self, patch):
-        """what handler functions would care about the changes in this patch?
-
-        this removes the handlers that it gives you
-        """
-        #self.dependencies()
-        ret = set()
-        affectedSubjPreds = set([(s, p) for s, p, o, c in patch.addQuads]+
-                                [(s, p) for s, p, o, c in patch.delQuads])
-        for (s, p), funcs in self._handlersSp.iteritems():
-            if (s, p) in affectedSubjPreds:
-                ret.update(funcs)
-                funcs.clear()
-
-        affectedPredObjs = set([(p, o) for s, p, o, c in patch.addQuads]+
-                                [(p, o) for s, p, o, c in patch.delQuads])
-        for (p, o), funcs in self._handlersPo.iteritems():
-            if (p, o) in affectedPredObjs:
-                ret.update(funcs)
-                funcs.clear()
-
-        affectedTriples = set([(s, p, o) for s, p, o, c in patch.addQuads]+
-                              [(s, p, o) for s, p, o, c in patch.delQuads])
-        for triple, funcs in self._handlersSpo.iteritems():
-            if triple in affectedTriples:
-                ret.update(funcs)
-                funcs.clear()
-                
-        affectedSubjs = set([s for s, p, o, c in patch.addQuads]+
-                            [s for s, p, o, c in patch.delQuads])
-        for subj, funcs in self._handlersS.iteritems():
-            if subj in affectedSubjs:
-                ret.update(funcs)
-                funcs.clear()
-                
-        return ret
-
-    def dependencies(self):
-        """
-        for debugging, make a list of all the active handlers and what
-        data they depend on. This is meant for showing on the web ui
-        for browsing.
-        """
-        log.info("whocares:")
-        from pprint import pprint
-        pprint(self._handlersSp)
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/clientsession.py b/light9/rdfdb/clientsession.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/clientsession.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-"""
-some clients will support the concept of a named session that keeps
-multiple instances of that client separate
-"""
-from rdflib import URIRef
-from urllib import quote
-from light9 import showconfig
-
-def add_option(parser):
-    parser.add_option(
-        '-s', '--session',
-        help="name of session used for levels and window position",
-        default='default')
-
-def getUri(appName, opts):
-    return URIRef("%s/sessions/%s/%s" % (showconfig.showUri(), appName,
-                                         quote(opts.session, safe='')))
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/currentstategraphapi.py b/light9/rdfdb/currentstategraphapi.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/currentstategraphapi.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-import logging, traceback, time, itertools
-from rdflib import ConjunctiveGraph
-from light9.rdfdb.rdflibpatch import contextsForStatement as rp_contextsForStatement
-log = logging.getLogger("currentstate")
-
-class ReadOnlyConjunctiveGraph(object):
-    """similar to rdflib's ReadOnlyGraphAggregate but takes one CJ in, instead
-    of a bunch of Graphs"""
-    def __init__(self, graph):
-        self.graph = graph
-
-    def __getattr__(self, attr):
-        if attr in ['subjects', 'value', 'objects', 'triples', 'label']: # not complete
-            return getattr(self.graph, attr)
-        raise TypeError("can't access %r of read-only graph" % attr)
-
-    def __len__(self):
-        return len(self.graph)
-
-
-class CurrentStateGraphApi(object):
-    """
-    mixin for SyncedGraph, separated here because these methods work together
-    """
-
-    def currentState(self, context=None, tripleFilter=(None, None, None)):
-        """
-        a graph you can read without being in an addHandler
-
-        you can save some time by passing a triple filter, and we'll only give you the matching triples
-        """
-        if context is not None:
-            raise NotImplementedError("currentState with context arg")
-
-        class Mgr(object):
-            def __enter__(self2):
-                # this should be a readonly view of the existing
-                # graph, maybe with something to guard against
-                # writes/patches happening while reads are being
-                # done. Typical usage will do some reads on this graph
-                # before moving on to writes.
-
-                if 1:
-                    g = ReadOnlyConjunctiveGraph(self._graph)
-                else:
-                    t1 = time.time()
-                    g = ConjunctiveGraph()
-                    for s,p,o,c in self._graph.quads(tripleFilter):
-                        g.store.add((s,p,o), c)
-
-                    if tripleFilter == (None, None, None):
-                        self2.logThisCopy(g, time.time() - t1)
-                    
-                g.contextsForStatement = lambda t: contextsForStatementNoWildcards(g, t)
-                return g
-
-            def logThisCopy(self, g, sec):
-                log.info("copied graph %s statements (%.1f ms) "
-                         "because of this:" % (len(g), sec * 1000))
-                for frame in traceback.format_stack(limit=4)[:-2]:
-                    for line in frame.splitlines():
-                        log.info("  "+line)
-
-            def __exit__(self, type, val, tb):
-                return
-
-        return Mgr()
-
-    def sequentialUri(self, prefix):
-        """
-        Prefix URIRef like http://example.com/r- will return
-        http://example.com/r-1 if that uri is not a subject in the graph,
-        or else http://example.com/r-2, etc
-        """
-        for i in itertools.count(1):
-            newUri = prefix + str(i)
-            if not list(self._graph.triples((newUri, None, None))) and newUri not in getattr(self, '_reservedSequentials', []):
-                if not hasattr(self, '_reservedSequentials'):
-                    self._reservedSequentials = set()
-                self._reservedSequentials.add(newUri)
-                return newUri
-
-        
-def contextsForStatementNoWildcards(g, triple):
-    if None in triple:
-        raise NotImplementedError("no wildcards")
-    return rp_contextsForStatement(g, triple)
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/file_vs_uri.py b/light9/rdfdb/file_vs_uri.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/file_vs_uri.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-"""
-note that if there are ambiguities in dirUriMap, you'll get
-undefined results that depend on python's items() order.
-"""
-import os
-from rdflib import URIRef
-
-def uriFromFile(dirUriMap, filename):
-    assert filename.endswith('.n3'), filename
-    for d, prefix in dirUriMap.items():
-        if filename.startswith(d):
-            return URIRef(prefix + filename[len(d):-len('.n3')])
-    raise ValueError("filename %s doesn't start with any of %s" %
-                     (filename, dirUriMap.keys()))
-
-def fileForUri(dirUriMap, ctx):
-    assert isinstance(ctx, URIRef), ctx
-    for d, prefix in dirUriMap.items():
-        if ctx.startswith(prefix):
-            return d + ctx[len(prefix):] + '.n3'
-    raise ValueError("don't know what filename to use for %s" % ctx)
-
-def correctToTopdirPrefix(dirUriMap, inFile):
-    if not any(inFile.startswith(prefix) for prefix in dirUriMap):
-        for prefix in dirUriMap:
-            prefixAbs = os.path.abspath(prefix)
-            if inFile.startswith(prefixAbs):
-                inFile = prefix + inFile[len(prefixAbs):]
-                break
-        else:
-            raise ValueError("can't correct %s to start with one of %s" %
-                             (inFile, dirUriMap.keys()))
-    return inFile
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/grapheditapi.py b/light9/rdfdb/grapheditapi.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/grapheditapi.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-import random, logging
-from itertools import chain
-from rdflib import URIRef, RDF
-from light9.rdfdb.patch import Patch, quadsWithContextUris
-log = logging.getLogger('graphedit')
-
-class GraphEditApi(object):
-    """
-    fancier graph edits
-    
-    mixin for SyncedGraph, separated here because these methods work together
-    """
-
-    def getObjectPatch(self, context, subject, predicate, newObject):
-        """send a patch which removes existing values for (s,p,*,c)
-        and adds (s,p,newObject,c). Values in other graphs are not affected.
-
-        newObject can be None, which will remove all (subj,pred,*) statements.
-        """
-
-        existing = []
-        for spo in self._graph.triples((subject, predicate, None),
-                                     context=context):
-            existing.append(spo+(context,))
-        # what layer is supposed to cull out no-op changes?
-        return Patch(
-            delQuads=existing,
-            addQuads=([(subject, predicate, newObject, context)]
-                      if newObject is not None else []))
-
-    def patchObject(self, context, subject, predicate, newObject):
-        p = self.getObjectPatch(context, subject, predicate, newObject)
-        log.info("patchObject %r" % p.jsonRepr)
-        self.patch(p)
-
-    def patchSubgraph(self, context, newGraph):
-        """
-        replace all statements in 'context' with the quads in newGraph.
-        This is not cooperating with currentState.
-        """
-        old = set(quadsWithContextUris(self._graph.quads((None, None, None, context))))
-        new = set(quadsWithContextUris(newGraph))
-        p = Patch(delQuads=old - new, addQuads=new - old)
-        self.patch(p)
-        
-    def patchMapping(self, context, subject, predicate, nodeClass, keyPred, valuePred, newKey, newValue):
-        """
-        creates/updates a structure like this:
-
-           ?subject ?predicate [
-             a ?nodeClass;
-             ?keyPred ?newKey;
-             ?valuePred ?newValue ] .
-
-        There should be a complementary readMapping that gets you a
-        value since that's tricky too
-        """
-
-        # as long as currentState is expensive and has the
-        # tripleFilter optimization, this looks like a mess. If
-        # currentState became cheap, a lot of code here could go away.
-        
-        with self.currentState(tripleFilter=(subject, predicate, None)) as current:
-            adds = set([])
-            for setting in current.objects(subject, predicate):
-                with self.currentState(tripleFilter=(setting, keyPred, None)) as current2:
-                
-                    match = current2.value(setting, keyPred) == newKey
-                if match:
-                    break
-            else:
-                setting = URIRef(subject + "/map/%s" %
-                                 random.randrange(999999999))
-                adds.update([
-                    (subject, predicate, setting, context),
-                    (setting, RDF.type, nodeClass, context),
-                    (setting, keyPred, newKey, context),
-                    ])
-
-        with self.currentState(tripleFilter=(setting, valuePred, None)) as current:
-            dels = set([])
-            for prev in current.objects(setting, valuePred):
-                dels.add((setting, valuePred, prev, context))
-            adds.add((setting, valuePred, newValue, context))
-
-            if adds != dels:
-                self.patch(Patch(delQuads=dels, addQuads=adds))
-
-    def removeMappingNode(self, context, node):
-        """
-        removes the statements with this node as subject or object, which
-        is the right amount of statements to remove a node that
-        patchMapping made.
-        """
-        p = Patch(delQuads=[spo+(context,) for spo in
-                            chain(self._graph.triples((None, None, node),
-                                                      context=context),
-                                  self._graph.triples((node, None, None),
-                                                      context=context))])
-        self.patch(p)
-
-import unittest
-from rdflib import ConjunctiveGraph
-class TestPatchSubgraph(unittest.TestCase):
-    def testCollapsesIdenticalQuads(self):
-        appliedPatches = []
-        class Obj(GraphEditApi):
-            def patch(self, p):
-                appliedPatches.append(p)
-        obj = Obj()
-        obj._graph = ConjunctiveGraph()
-        stmt1 = (URIRef('s'), URIRef('p'), URIRef('o'), URIRef('g'))
-        obj._graph.addN([stmt1])
-        obj.patchSubgraph(URIRef('g'), [stmt1])
-        self.assertEqual(len(appliedPatches), 1)
-        p = appliedPatches[0]
-        self.assert_(p.isNoop())
-        self.assertEqual(p.jsonRepr, '{"patch": {"adds": "", "deletes": ""}}')
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/graphfile.py b/light9/rdfdb/graphfile.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/graphfile.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,252 +0,0 @@
-import logging, traceback, os, time
-from twisted.python.filepath import FilePath
-from twisted.internet import reactor
-from twisted.internet.inotify import humanReadableMask
-from rdflib import Graph, RDF
-from light9.rdfdb.patch import Patch
-from light9.rdfdb.rdflibpatch import inContext
-
-log = logging.getLogger('graphfile')
-iolog = logging.getLogger('io')
-
-def patchN3SerializerToUseLessWhitespace(cutColumn=65):
-    # todo: make a n3serializer subclass with whitespace settings
-    from rdflib.plugins.serializers.turtle import TurtleSerializer, OBJECT
-    originalWrite = TurtleSerializer.write
-    def write(self, s):
-        lines = s.split('\n')
-        if len(lines) > 1:
-            self._column = len(lines[-1])
-        else:
-            self._column += len(lines[0])
-        return originalWrite(self, s)
-    TurtleSerializer.write = write
-    def predicateList(self, subject, newline=False):
-        properties = self.buildPredicateHash(subject)
-        propList = self.sortProperties(properties)
-        if len(propList) == 0:
-            return
-        self.verb(propList[0], newline=newline)
-        self.objectList(properties[propList[0]])
-        for predicate in propList[1:]:
-            self.write(';')
-            # can't do proper wrapping since we don't know how much is coming
-            if self._column > cutColumn:
-                self.write('\n' + self.indent(1))
-            self.verb(predicate, newline=False)
-            self.objectList(properties[predicate])
-    def objectList(self, objects):
-        count = len(objects)
-        if count == 0:
-            return
-        depthmod = (count == 1) and 0 or 1
-        self.depth += depthmod
-        self.path(objects[0], OBJECT)
-        for obj in objects[1:]:
-            self.write(', ')
-            self.path(obj, OBJECT, newline=True)
-        self.depth -= depthmod
-
-    originalStatement = TurtleSerializer.statement
-    def statement(self, subject):
-        if list(self.store.triples((subject, RDF.type, None))):
-            self.write('\n')
-        originalStatement(self, subject)
-        return False         #  suppress blank line for 'minor' statements
-    TurtleSerializer.statement = statement
-    TurtleSerializer.predicateList = predicateList
-    TurtleSerializer.objectList = objectList
-
-patchN3SerializerToUseLessWhitespace()
-
-class GraphFile(object):
-    """
-    one rdf file that we read from, write to, and notice external changes to
-    """
-    def __init__(self, notifier, path, uri, patch, getSubgraph, globalPrefixes, ctxPrefixes):
-        """
-        uri is the context for the triples in this file. We assume
-        sometimes that we're the only ones with triples in this
-        context.
-        
-        this does not include an initial reread() call
-
-        Prefixes are mutable dicts. The caller may add to them later.
-        """
-        self.path, self.uri = path, uri
-        self.patch, self.getSubgraph = patch, getSubgraph
-
-        self.lastWriteTimestamp = 0 # mtime from the last time _we_ wrote
-
-        self.globalPrefixes = globalPrefixes
-        self.ctxPrefixes = ctxPrefixes
-        self.readPrefixes = {}
-        
-        if not os.path.exists(path):
-            # can't start notify until file exists
-            try:
-                os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path))
-            except OSError:
-                pass
-            f = open(path, "w")
-            f.write("#new\n")
-            f.close()
-            iolog.info("%s created", path)
-            # this was supposed to cut out some extra reads but it
-            # didn't work:
-            self.lastWriteTimestamp = os.path.getmtime(path)
-
-
-        self.flushDelay = 2 # seconds until we have to call flush() when dirty
-        self.writeCall = None # or DelayedCall
-
-        self.notifier = notifier
-        self.addWatch()
-        
-    def addWatch(self):
-
-        # emacs save comes in as IN_MOVE_SELF, maybe
-        
-        # I was hoping not to watch IN_CHANGED and get lots of
-        # half-written files, but emacs doesn't close its files after
-        # a write, so there's no other event. I could try to sleep
-        # until after all the writes are done, but I think the only
-        # bug left is that we'll retry too agressively on a file
-        # that's being written
-
-        from twisted.internet.inotify import IN_CLOSE_WRITE, IN_MOVED_FROM, IN_MODIFY, IN_DELETE, IN_DELETE_SELF, IN_CHANGED
-
-        log.info("add watch on %s", self.path)
-        self.notifier.watch(FilePath(self.path), callbacks=[self.notify])
-        
-    def notify(self, notifier, filepath, mask):
-        try:
-            maskNames = humanReadableMask(mask)
-            if maskNames[0] == 'delete_self':
-                if not filepath.exists():
-                    log.info("%s delete_self", filepath)
-                    self.fileGone()
-                    return
-                else:
-                    log.warn("%s delete_self event but file is here. "
-                             "probably a new version moved in",
-                             filepath)
-
-            # we could filter these out in the watch() call, but I want
-            # the debugging
-            if maskNames[0] in ['open', 'access', 'close_nowrite', 'attrib']:
-                log.debug("%s %s event, ignoring" % (filepath, maskNames))
-                return
-
-            try:
-                if filepath.getModificationTime() == self.lastWriteTimestamp:
-                    log.debug("%s changed, but we did this write", filepath)
-                    return
-            except OSError as e:
-                log.error("%s: %r" % (filepath, e))
-                # getting OSError no such file, followed by no future reads
-                reactor.callLater(.5, self.addWatch) # ?
-
-                return
-
-            log.info("reread %s because of %s event", filepath, maskNames)
-
-            self.reread()
-        except Exception:
-            traceback.print_exc()
-
-    def fileGone(self):
-        """
-        our file is gone; remove the statements from that context
-        """
-        myQuads = [(s,p,o,self.uri) for s,p,o in self.getSubgraph(self.uri)]
-        log.debug("dropping all statements from context %s", self.uri)
-        if myQuads:
-            self.patch(Patch(delQuads=myQuads), dueToFileChange=True)
-            
-    def reread(self):
-        """update the graph with any diffs from this file
-
-        n3 parser fails on "1.e+0" even though rdflib was emitting that itself
-        """
-        old = self.getSubgraph(self.uri)
-        new = Graph()
-        try:
-            contents = open(self.path).read()
-            if contents.startswith("#new"):
-                log.debug("%s ignoring empty contents of my new file", self.path)
-                # this is a new file we're starting, and we should not
-                # patch our graph as if it had just been cleared. We
-                # shouldn't even be here reading this, but
-                # lastWriteTimestamp didn't work.
-                return
-
-            new.parse(location=self.path, format='n3')
-            self.readPrefixes = dict(new.namespaces())
-        except SyntaxError as e:
-            print e
-            traceback.print_exc()
-            log.error("%s syntax error", self.path)
-            # todo: likely bug- if a file has this error upon first
-            # read, I think we don't retry it right.
-            return
-        except IOError as e:
-            log.error("%s rereading %s: %r", self.path, self.uri, e)
-            return
-
-        old = inContext(old, self.uri)
-        new = inContext(new, self.uri)
-
-        p = Patch.fromDiff(old, new)
-        if p:
-            log.debug("%s applying patch for changes in file", self.path)
-            self.patch(p, dueToFileChange=True)
-        else:
-            log.debug("old == new after reread of %s", self.path)
-
-    def dirty(self, graph):
-        """
-        there are new contents to write to our file
-        
-        graph is the rdflib.Graph that contains the contents of the
-        file. It is allowed to change. Note that dirty() will probably
-        do the save later when the graph might be different.
-        
-        after a timer has passed, write it out. Any scheduling issues
-        between files? i don't think so. the timer might be kind of
-        huge, and then we might want to take a hint from a client that
-        it's a good time to save the files that it was editing, like
-        when the mouse moves out of the client's window and might be
-        going towards a text file editor
-        
-        """
-        log.info("%s dirty, needs write", self.path)
-
-        self.graphToWrite = graph
-        if self.writeCall:
-            self.writeCall.reset(self.flushDelay)
-        else:
-            self.writeCall = reactor.callLater(self.flushDelay, self.flush)
-
-    def flush(self):
-        self.writeCall = None
-
-        tmpOut = self.path + ".rdfdb-temp"
-        f = open(tmpOut, 'w')
-        t1 = time.time()
-        for p, n in (self.globalPrefixes.items() +
-                     self.readPrefixes.items() +
-                     self.ctxPrefixes.items()):
-            self.graphToWrite.bind(p, n)
-        self.graphToWrite.serialize(destination=f, format='n3')
-        serializeTime = time.time() - t1
-        f.close()
-        self.lastWriteTimestamp = os.path.getmtime(tmpOut)
-        os.rename(tmpOut, self.path)
-        iolog.info("%s rewrote in %.1f ms",
-                   self.path, serializeTime * 1000)
-        
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return "%s(path=%r, uri=%r, ...)" % (
-            self.__class__.__name__, self.path, self.uri)
-        
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/graphfile_test.py b/light9/rdfdb/graphfile_test.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/graphfile_test.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-import unittest
-import mock
-import tempfile
-from rdflib import URIRef, Graph
-from light9.rdfdb.graphfile import GraphFile
-
-class TestGraphFileOutput(unittest.TestCase):
-    def testMaintainsN3PrefixesFromInput(self):
-        tf = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='_test.n3')
-        tf.write('''
-        @prefix : <http://example.com/> .
-        @prefix n: <http://example.com/n/> .
-        :foo n:bar :baz .
-        ''')
-        tf.flush()
-
-        def getSubgraph(uri):
-            return Graph()
-        gf = GraphFile(mock.Mock(), tf.name, URIRef('uri'), mock.Mock(), getSubgraph, {}, {})
-        gf.reread()
-        
-        newGraph = Graph()
-        newGraph.add((URIRef('http://example.com/boo'),
-                      URIRef('http://example.com/n/two'),
-                      URIRef('http://example.com/other/ns')))
-        gf.dirty(newGraph)
-        gf.flush()
-        wroteContent = open(tf.name).read()
-        self.assertEqual('''@prefix : <http://example.com/> .
-@prefix n: <http://example.com/n/> .
-@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
-@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
-@prefix xml: <http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace> .
-@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
-
-:boo n:two <http://example.com/other/ns> .
-''', wroteContent)
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/localsyncedgraph.py b/light9/rdfdb/localsyncedgraph.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/localsyncedgraph.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-from rdflib import ConjunctiveGraph
-
-from light9.rdfdb.currentstategraphapi import CurrentStateGraphApi
-from light9.rdfdb.autodepgraphapi import AutoDepGraphApi
-from light9.rdfdb.grapheditapi import GraphEditApi
-from light9.rdfdb.rdflibpatch import patchQuads
-
-class LocalSyncedGraph(CurrentStateGraphApi, AutoDepGraphApi, GraphEditApi):
-    """for tests"""
-    def __init__(self, files=None):
-        self._graph = ConjunctiveGraph()
-        for f in files or []:
-            self._graph.parse(f, format='n3')
-            
-
-    def patch(self, p):
-        patchQuads(self._graph,
-                   deleteQuads=p.delQuads,
-                   addQuads=p.addQuads,
-                   perfect=True)
-        # no deps
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/mock_syncedgraph.py b/light9/rdfdb/mock_syncedgraph.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/mock_syncedgraph.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-
-from rdflib import Graph, RDF, RDFS
-from rdflib.parser import StringInputSource
-
-class MockSyncedGraph(object):
-    """
-    Lets users of SyncedGraph mostly work. Doesn't yet help with any
-    testing of the rerun-upon-graph-change behavior.
-    """
-    def __init__(self, n3Content):
-        self._graph = Graph()
-        self._graph.parse(StringInputSource(n3Content), format='n3')
-
-    def addHandler(self, func):
-        func()
-        
-    def value(self, subject=None, predicate=RDF.value, object=None,
-              default=None, any=True):
-        if object is not None:
-            raise NotImplementedError()
-        return self._graph.value(subject, predicate, object=object,
-                                 default=default, any=any)
-
-    def objects(self, subject=None, predicate=None):
-        return self._graph.objects(subject, predicate)
-
-    def label(self, uri):
-        return self.value(uri, RDFS.label)
-
-    def subjects(self, predicate=None, object=None):
-        return self._graph.subjects(predicate, object)
-
-    def predicate_objects(self, subject):
-        return self._graph.predicate_objects(subject)
-        
-    def items(self, listUri):
-        """generator. Having a chain of watchers on the results is not
-        well-tested yet"""
-        chain = set([listUri])
-        while listUri:
-            item = self.value(listUri, RDF.first)
-            if item:
-                yield item
-            listUri = self.value(listUri, RDF.rest)
-            if listUri in chain:
-                raise ValueError("List contains a recursive rdf:rest reference")
-            chain.add(listUri)
-
-    def contains(self, triple):
-        return triple in self._graph
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/patch.py b/light9/rdfdb/patch.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/patch.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,222 +0,0 @@
-import json, unittest
-from rdflib import ConjunctiveGraph, Graph, URIRef, URIRef as U, Literal
-from light9.namespaces import XSD
-from light9.rdfdb.rdflibpatch import graphFromNQuad, graphFromQuads, serializeQuad
-
-ALLSTMTS = (None, None, None)
-
-def quadsWithContextUris(quads):
-    """
-    yield the given quads, correcting any context values that are
-    Graphs into URIRefs
-    """
-    if isinstance(quads, ConjunctiveGraph):
-        quads = quads.quads(ALLSTMTS)
-    for s,p,o,c in quads:
-        if isinstance(c, Graph):
-            c = c.identifier
-        if not isinstance(c, URIRef):
-            raise TypeError("bad quad context type in %r" % ((s,p,o,c),))
-        yield s,p,o,c
-
-class Patch(object):
-    """
-    immutable
-    
-    the json representation includes the {"patch":...} wrapper
-    """
-    def __init__(self, jsonRepr=None, addQuads=None, delQuads=None,
-                 addGraph=None, delGraph=None):
-        """
-        addQuads/delQuads can be lists or sets, but if we make them internally,
-        they'll be lists
-
-        4th element of a quad must be a URIRef
-        """
-        self._jsonRepr = jsonRepr
-        self._addQuads, self._delQuads = addQuads, delQuads
-        self._addGraph, self._delGraph = addGraph, delGraph
-
-        if self._jsonRepr is not None:
-            body = json.loads(self._jsonRepr)
-            self._delGraph = graphFromNQuad(body['patch']['deletes'])
-            self._addGraph = graphFromNQuad(body['patch']['adds'])
-            if 'senderUpdateUri' in body:
-                self.senderUpdateUri = body['senderUpdateUri']
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        def shorten(n):
-            if isinstance(n, Literal):
-                if n.datatype == XSD['double']:
-                    return str(n.toPython())
-            if isinstance(n, URIRef):
-                for long, short in [
-                        ("http://light9.bigasterisk.com/", "l9"),
-                        
-                ]:
-                    if n.startswith(long):
-                        return short+":"+n[len(long):]
-            return n.n3()
-        def formatQuad(quad):
-            return " ".join(shorten(n) for n in quad)
-        delLines = ["  -%s" % formatQuad(q) for q in self.delQuads]
-        addLines = ["  +%s" % formatQuad(q) for q in self.addQuads]
-        return "\nPatch:\n" + "\n".join(delLines) + "\n" + "\n".join(addLines)
-
-    def shortSummary(self):
-        return "[-%s +%s]" % (len(self.delQuads), len(self.addQuads))
-        
-    @classmethod
-    def fromDiff(cls, oldGraph, newGraph):
-        """
-        make a patch that changes oldGraph to newGraph
-        """
-        old = set(quadsWithContextUris(oldGraph))
-        new = set(quadsWithContextUris(newGraph))
-        return cls(addQuads=list(new - old), delQuads=list(old - new))
-
-    def __nonzero__(self):
-        """
-        does this patch do anything to a graph?
-        """
-        if self._jsonRepr and self._jsonRepr.strip():
-            raise NotImplementedError()
-        return bool(self._addQuads or self._delQuads or
-                    self._addGraph or self._delGraph)
-
-    @property
-    def addQuads(self):
-        if self._addQuads is None:
-            if self._addGraph is None:
-                return []
-            self._addQuads = list(quadsWithContextUris(
-                self._addGraph.quads(ALLSTMTS)))
-        return self._addQuads
-
-    @property
-    def delQuads(self):
-        if self._delQuads is None:
-            if self._delGraph is None:
-                return []
-            self._delQuads = list(quadsWithContextUris(
-                self._delGraph.quads(ALLSTMTS)))
-        return self._delQuads
-
-    @property
-    def addGraph(self):
-        if self._addGraph is None:
-            self._addGraph = graphFromQuads(self.addQuads)
-        return self._addGraph
-
-    @property
-    def delGraph(self):
-        if self._delGraph is None:
-            self._delGraph = graphFromQuads(self.delQuads)
-        return self._delGraph
-
-    @property
-    def jsonRepr(self):
-        if self._jsonRepr is None:
-            self._jsonRepr = self.makeJsonRepr()
-        return self._jsonRepr
-
-    def makeJsonRepr(self, extraAttrs={}):
-        d = {"patch" : {
-            'adds' : serializeQuad(self.addGraph),
-            'deletes' : serializeQuad(self.delGraph),
-            }}
-        if len(self.addGraph) > 0 and d['patch']['adds'].strip() == "":
-            # this is the bug that graphFromNQuad works around
-            raise ValueError("nquads serialization failure")
-        if '[<' in d['patch']['adds']:
-            raise ValueError("[< found in %s" % d['patch']['adds'])
-        d.update(extraAttrs)
-        return json.dumps(d)
-
-    def concat(self, more):
-        """
-        new Patch with the result of applying this patch and the
-        sequence of other Patches
-        """
-        # not working yet
-        adds = set(self.addQuads)
-        dels = set(self.delQuads)
-        for p2 in more:
-            for q in p2.delQuads:
-                if q in adds:
-                    adds.remove(q)
-                else:
-                    dels.add(q)
-            for q in p2.addQuads:
-                if q in dels:
-                    dels.remove(q)
-                else:
-                    adds.add(q)
-        return Patch(delQuads=dels, addQuads=adds)
-
-    def getContext(self):
-        """assumes that all the edits are on the same context"""
-        ctx = None
-        for q in self.addQuads + self.delQuads:
-            if ctx is None:
-                ctx = q[3]
-
-            if ctx != q[3]:
-                raise ValueError("patch applies to multiple contexts, at least %r and %r" % (ctx, q[3]))
-        if ctx is None:
-            raise ValueError("patch affects no contexts")
-        assert isinstance(ctx, URIRef), ctx
-        return ctx
-
-    def isNoop(self):
-        return set(self.addQuads) == set(self.delQuads)
-            
-
-stmt1 = U('http://a'), U('http://b'), U('http://c'), U('http://ctx1')
-
-class TestPatchFromDiff(unittest.TestCase):
-    def testEmpty(self):
-        g = ConjunctiveGraph()
-        p = Patch.fromDiff(g, g)
-        self.assert_(not p)
-
-    def testNonEmpty(self):
-        g1 = ConjunctiveGraph()
-        g2 = graphFromQuads([stmt1])
-        p = Patch.fromDiff(g1, g2)
-        self.assert_(p)
-
-    def testNoticesAdds(self):
-        g1 = ConjunctiveGraph()
-        g2 = graphFromQuads([stmt1])
-        p = Patch.fromDiff(g1, g2)
-        self.assertEqual(p.addQuads, [stmt1])
-        self.assertEqual(p.delQuads, [])
-
-    def testNoticesDels(self):
-        g1 = graphFromQuads([stmt1])
-        g2 = ConjunctiveGraph()
-        p = Patch.fromDiff(g1, g2)
-        self.assertEqual(p.addQuads, [])
-        self.assertEqual(p.delQuads, [stmt1])
-
-    def testQuadSequenceOkInsteadOfGraph(self):
-        p = Patch.fromDiff([stmt1], ConjunctiveGraph())
-        self.assertEqual(p.delQuads, [stmt1])
-        p = Patch.fromDiff(ConjunctiveGraph(), [stmt1])
-        self.assertEqual(p.addQuads, [stmt1])
-        
-class TestPatchGetContext(unittest.TestCase):
-    def testEmptyPatchCantGiveContext(self):
-        p = Patch()
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, p.getContext)
-
-    def testSimplePatchReturnsContext(self):
-        p = Patch(addQuads=[stmt1])
-        self.assertEqual(p.getContext(), U('http://ctx1'))
-
-    def testMultiContextPatchFailsToReturnContext(self):
-        p = Patch(addQuads=[stmt1[:3] + (U('http://ctx1'),),
-                            stmt1[:3] + (U('http://ctx2'),)])
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, p.getContext)
-                  
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/patchreceiver.py b/light9/rdfdb/patchreceiver.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/patchreceiver.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-import logging, cyclone.httpclient, traceback, urllib
-from twisted.internet import reactor
-from light9 import networking
-from light9.rdfdb.patch import Patch
-log = logging.getLogger('syncedgraph')
-
-class PatchReceiver(object):
-    """
-    runs a web server in this process and registers it with the rdfdb
-    master. See onPatch for what happens when the rdfdb master sends
-    us a patch
-    """
-    def __init__(self, rdfdbRoot, label, onPatch):
-        """
-        label is what we'll call ourselves to the rdfdb server
-
-        onPatch is what we call back when the server sends a patch
-        """
-        self.rdfdbRoot = rdfdbRoot
-        listen = reactor.listenTCP(0, cyclone.web.Application(handlers=[
-            (r'/update', makePatchEndpoint(onPatch)),
-        ]))
-        port = listen._realPortNumber  # what's the right call for this?
-        
-        self.updateResource = 'http://%s:%s/update' % (
-            networking.patchReceiverUpdateHost.value, port)
-        log.info("listening on %s" % port)
-        self._register(label)
-
-    def _register(self, label):
-        url = self.rdfdbRoot + 'graphClients'
-        body = urllib.urlencode([('clientUpdate', self.updateResource),
-                                 ('label', label)])
-        cyclone.httpclient.fetch(
-            url=url,
-            method='POST',
-            headers={'Content-Type': ['application/x-www-form-urlencoded']},
-            postdata=body,
-            ).addCallbacks(self._done,
-                           lambda err: self._registerError(err, url, body))
-        log.info("registering with rdfdb at %s", url)
-
-    def _registerError(self, err, url, body):
-        log.error('registering to url=%r body=%r', url, body)
-        log.error(err)
-        
-    def _done(self, x):
-        log.debug("registered with rdfdb")
-    
-        
-def makePatchEndpointPutMethod(cb):
-    def put(self):
-        try:
-            p = Patch(jsonRepr=self.request.body)
-            log.debug("received patch -%d +%d" % (len(p.delGraph), len(p.addGraph)))
-            cb(p)
-        except:
-            traceback.print_exc()
-            raise
-    return put
-
-def makePatchEndpoint(cb):
-    class Update(cyclone.web.RequestHandler):
-        put = makePatchEndpointPutMethod(cb)
-    return Update
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/patchsender.py b/light9/rdfdb/patchsender.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/patchsender.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-import logging, time
-import cyclone.httpclient
-from twisted.internet import defer
-log = logging.getLogger('syncedgraph')
-
-class PatchSender(object):
-    """
-    SyncedGraph may generate patches faster than we can send
-    them. This object buffers and may even collapse patches before
-    they go the server
-    """
-    def __init__(self, target, myUpdateResource):
-        """
-        target is the URI we'll send patches to
-
-        myUpdateResource is the URI for this sender of patches, which
-        maybe needs to be the actual requestable update URI for
-        sending updates back to us
-        """
-        self.target = target
-        self.myUpdateResource = myUpdateResource
-        self._patchesToSend = []
-        self._currentSendPatchRequest = None
-
-    def sendPatch(self, p):
-        sendResult = defer.Deferred()
-        self._patchesToSend.append((p, sendResult))
-        self._continueSending()
-        return sendResult
-        
-    def cancelAll(self):
-        self._patchesToSend[:] = []
-        # we might be in the middle of a post; ideally that would be
-        # aborted, too. Since that's not coded yet, or it might be too late to
-        # abort, what should happen?
-        # 1. this could return deferred until we think our posts have stopped
-        # 2. or, other code could deal for the fact that cancelAll
-        # isn't perfect
-
-    def _continueSending(self):
-        if not self._patchesToSend or self._currentSendPatchRequest:
-            return
-        if len(self._patchesToSend) > 1:
-            log.debug("%s patches left to send", len(self._patchesToSend))
-            # this is where we could concatenate little patches into a
-            # bigger one. Often, many statements will cancel each
-            # other out. not working yet:
-            if 0:
-                p = self._patchesToSend[0].concat(self._patchesToSend[1:])
-                print "concat down to"
-                print 'dels'
-                for q in p.delQuads: print q
-                print 'adds'
-                for q in p.addQuads: print q
-                print "----"
-            else:
-                p, sendResult = self._patchesToSend.pop(0)
-        else:
-            p, sendResult = self._patchesToSend.pop(0)
-
-        self._currentSendPatchRequest = sendPatch(
-            self.target, p, senderUpdateUri=self.myUpdateResource)
-        self._currentSendPatchRequest.addCallbacks(self._sendPatchDone,
-                                                   self._sendPatchErr)
-        self._currentSendPatchRequest.chainDeferred(sendResult)
-
-    def _sendPatchDone(self, result):
-        self._currentSendPatchRequest = None
-        self._continueSending()
-
-    def _sendPatchErr(self, e):
-        self._currentSendPatchRequest = None
-        # we're probably out of sync with the master now, since
-        # SyncedGraph.patch optimistically applied the patch to our
-        # local graph already. What happens to this patch? What
-        # happens to further pending patches? Some of the further
-        # patches, especially, may be commutable with the bad one and
-        # might still make sense to apply to the master graph.
-
-        # if someday we are folding pending patches together, this
-        # would be the time to UNDO that and attempt the original
-        # separate patches again
-
-        # this should screen for 409 conflict responses and raise a
-        # special exception for that, so SyncedGraph.sendFailed can
-        # screen for only that type
-
-        # this code is going away; we're going to raise an exception that contains all the pending patches
-        log.error("_sendPatchErr")
-        log.error(e)
-        self._continueSending()
-
-def sendPatch(putUri, patch, **kw):
-    """
-    PUT a patch as json to an http server. Returns deferred.
-    
-    kwargs will become extra attributes in the toplevel json object
-    """
-    t1 = time.time()
-    body = patch.makeJsonRepr(kw)
-    jsonTime = time.time() - t1
-    intro = body[:200]
-    if len(body) > 200:
-        intro = intro + "..."
-    log.debug("send body (rendered %.1fkB in %.1fms): %s", len(body) / 1024, jsonTime * 1000, intro)
-    sendTime = time.time()
-    def putDone(done):
-        if not str(done.code).startswith('2'):
-            raise ValueError("sendPatch request failed %s: %s" %
-                             (done.code, done.body))
-        dt = 1000 * (time.time() - sendTime)
-        log.debug("sendPatch to %s took %.1fms" % (putUri, dt))
-        return done
-
-    return cyclone.httpclient.fetch(
-        url=putUri,
-        method='PUT',
-        headers={'Content-Type': ['application/json']},
-        postdata=body,
-        ).addCallback(putDone)
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/rdflibpatch.py b/light9/rdfdb/rdflibpatch.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/rdflibpatch.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,201 +0,0 @@
-"""
-this is a proposal for a ConjunctiveGraph method in rdflib
-"""
-import sys
-if sys.path[0] == '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages':
-    # nosetests puts this in
-    sys.path = sys.path[1:]
-
-import unittest
-from rdflib import ConjunctiveGraph, Graph, URIRef as U, Literal
-
-def patchQuads(graph, deleteQuads, addQuads, perfect=False):
-    """
-    Delete the sequence of given quads. Then add the given quads just
-    like addN would. If perfect is True, we'll error before the
-    deletes or before the adds (not a real transaction) if any of the
-    deletes isn't in the graph or if any of the adds was already in
-    the graph.
-
-    These input quads use URIRef for the context, but
-    Graph(identifier=) is also allowed (which is what you'll get
-    sometimes from rdflib APIs).
-    """
-    toDelete = []
-    for spoc in deleteQuads:
-        spoc = fixContextToUri(spoc)
-
-        if perfect:
-            if inGraph(spoc, graph):
-                toDelete.append(spoc)
-            else:
-                raise ValueError("%r not in %r" % (spoc[:3], spoc[3]))
-        else:
-            graph.remove(spoc)
-    for spoc in toDelete:
-        graph.remove(spoc)
-
-    if perfect:
-        addQuads = list(addQuads)
-        for spoc in addQuads:
-            spoc = fixContextToUri(spoc)
-            if inGraph(spoc, graph):
-                raise ValueError("%r already in %r" % (spoc[:3], spoc[3]))
-    graph.addN(addQuads)
-
-def fixContextToUri(spoc):
-    if not isinstance(spoc[3], U):
-        return spoc[:3] + (spoc[3].identifier,)
-    return spoc
-    
-def inGraph(spoc, graph):
-    """
-    c is just a URIRef.
-    Workaround for https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/issues/398
-    """
-    spoi = spoc[:3] + (Graph(identifier=spoc[3]),)
-    if spoi not in graph:
-        # this is a huge speedup, avoid many whole-graph scans
-        return False
-    return spoi in graph.quads()
-
-# some of the following workarounds may be fixed in https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/issues/299
-def graphFromQuads(q):
-    g = ConjunctiveGraph()
-    #g.addN(q) # no effect on nquad output
-    for s,p,o,c in q:
-        #g.get_context(c).add((s,p,o)) # kind of works with broken rdflib nquad serializer code; you need this for json_ld serialize to work :(
-        g.store.add((s,p,o), c) # no effect on nquad output
-    return g
-
-def graphFromNQuad(text):
-    g1 = ConjunctiveGraph()
-    # text might omit ctx on some lines. rdflib just puts in a bnode, which shows up later.
-    g1.parse(data=text, format='nquads')
-    return g1
-
-from rdflib.plugins.serializers.nt import _quoteLiteral
-def serializeQuad(g):
-    """
-    replacement for graph.serialize(format='nquads')
-
-    Still broken in rdflib 4.2.2: graph.serialize(format='nquads')
-    returns empty string for my graph in
-    TestGraphFromQuads.testSerializes.
-    """
-    out = []
-    for s,p,o,c in g.quads((None,None,None)):
-        if isinstance(c, Graph):
-            # still not sure why this is Graph sometimes,
-            # already URIRef other times
-            c = c.identifier
-        if '[' in c.n3():
-            import ipdb;ipdb.set_trace()
-        ntObject = _quoteLiteral(o) if isinstance(o, Literal) else o.n3()
-        out.append(u"%s %s %s %s .\n" % (s.n3(),
-                                     p.n3(),
-                                     ntObject,
-                                     c.n3()))
-    return ''.join(out)
-
-def inContext(graph, newContext):
-    """
-    make a ConjunctiveGraph where all the triples in the given graph
-    (or collection) are now in newContext (a uri)
-    """
-    return graphFromQuads((s,p,o,newContext) for s,p,o in graph)
-
-def contextsForStatement(graph, triple):
-    return [q[3] for q in graph.quads(triple)]
-
-
-A = U("http://a"); B = U("http://b")
-class TestInContext(unittest.TestCase):
-    def testResultHasQuads(self):
-        g = inContext([(A,A,A)], B)
-        self.assertEqual(list(g.quads())[0], (A,A,A,B))
-    
-class TestContextsForStatement(unittest.TestCase):
-    def testNotFound(self):
-        g = graphFromQuads([(A,A,A,A)])
-        self.assertEqual(contextsForStatement(g, (B,B,B)), [])
-    def testOneContext(self):
-        g = graphFromQuads([(A,A,A,A), (A,A,B,B)])
-        self.assertEqual(contextsForStatement(g, (A,A,A)), [A])
-    def testTwoContexts(self):
-        g = graphFromQuads([(A,A,A,A), (A,A,A,B)])
-        self.assertEqual(sorted(contextsForStatement(g, (A,A,A))), sorted([A,B]))
-    # There's a case where contextsForStatement was returning a Graph
-    # with identifier, which I've fixed without a test
-
-
-class TestGraphFromQuads(unittest.TestCase):
-    nqOut = '<http://example.com/> <http://example.com/> <http://example.com/> <http://example.com/> .\n'
-    def testSerializes(self):
-        n = U("http://example.com/")
-        g = graphFromQuads([(n,n,n,n)])
-        out = serializeQuad(g)
-        self.assertEqual(out.strip(), self.nqOut.strip())
-
-    def testNquadParserSerializes(self):
-        g = graphFromNQuad(self.nqOut)
-        self.assertEqual(len(g), 1)
-        out = serializeQuad(g)
-        self.assertEqual(out.strip(), self.nqOut.strip())
-
-
-A = U("http://a"); B = U("http://b"); C = U("http://c")
-CTX1 = U('http://ctx1'); CTX2 = U('http://ctx2')
-stmt1 = A, B, C, CTX1
-stmt2 = A, B, C, CTX2
-class TestPatchQuads(unittest.TestCase):
-    def testAddsToNewContext(self):
-        g = ConjunctiveGraph()
-        patchQuads(g, [], [stmt1])
-        self.assert_(len(g), 1)
-        quads = list(g.quads((None,None,None)))
-        self.assertEqual(quads, [(A, B, C, Graph(identifier=CTX1))])
-
-    def testDeletes(self):
-        g = ConjunctiveGraph()
-        patchQuads(g, [], [stmt1])
-        patchQuads(g, [stmt1], [])
-        quads = list(g.quads((None,None,None)))
-        self.assertEqual(quads, [])
-
-    def testDeleteRunsBeforeAdd(self):
-        g = ConjunctiveGraph()
-        patchQuads(g, [stmt1], [stmt1])
-        quads = list(g.quads((None,None,None)))
-        self.assertEqual(quads, [(A, B, C, Graph(identifier=CTX1))])
-
-    def testPerfectAddRejectsExistingStmt(self):
-        g = ConjunctiveGraph()
-        patchQuads(g, [], [stmt1])
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, patchQuads, g, [], [stmt1], perfect=True)
-
-    def testPerfectAddAllowsExistingStmtInNewContext(self):
-        g = ConjunctiveGraph()
-        patchQuads(g, [], [stmt1])
-        patchQuads(g, [], [stmt2], perfect=True)
-        self.assertEqual(len(list(g.quads((None,None,None)))), 2)
-
-    def testPerfectDeleteRejectsAbsentStmt(self):
-        g = ConjunctiveGraph()
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, patchQuads, g, [stmt1], [], perfect=True)
-
-    def testPerfectDeleteRejectsStmtFromOtherGraph(self):
-        g = ConjunctiveGraph()
-        patchQuads(g, [], [stmt2])
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, patchQuads, g, [stmt1], [], perfect=True)
-        
-    def testPerfectDeleteAllowsRemovalOfStmtInMultipleContexts(self):
-        g = ConjunctiveGraph()
-        patchQuads(g, [], [stmt1, stmt2])
-        patchQuads(g, [stmt1], [], perfect=True)
-
-    def testRedundantStmtOkForAddOrDelete(self):
-        g = ConjunctiveGraph()
-        patchQuads(g, [], [stmt1, stmt1], perfect=True)
-        patchQuads(g, [stmt1, stmt1], [], perfect=True)
-
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/rdflibpatch_literal.py b/light9/rdfdb/rdflibpatch_literal.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/rdflibpatch_literal.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-import sys
-if sys.path[0] == '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages':
-    # nosetests puts this in
-    sys.path = sys.path[1:]
-
-from rdflib.term import _PLAIN_LITERAL_TYPES, _XSD_DOUBLE, _XSD_DECIMAL, Literal
-from re import sub
-
-def _literal_n3(self, use_plain=False, qname_callback=None):
-    if use_plain and self.datatype in _PLAIN_LITERAL_TYPES:
-        try:
-            self.toPython() # check validity
-            # this is a bit of a mess - 
-            # in py >=2.6 the string.format function makes this easier
-            # we try to produce "pretty" output
-            if self.datatype == _XSD_DOUBLE:
-                # this is the drewp fix
-                return sub(r"\.?0*e","e", u'%e' % float(self))
-            elif self.datatype == _XSD_DECIMAL:
-                return sub("0*$","0",u'%f' % float(self))
-            else:
-                return u'%s' % self
-        except ValueError:
-            pass # if it's in, we let it out?
-
-    encoded = self._quote_encode()
-
-    datatype = self.datatype
-    quoted_dt = None
-    if datatype:
-        if qname_callback:
-            quoted_dt = qname_callback(datatype)
-        if not quoted_dt:
-            quoted_dt = "<%s>" % datatype
-
-    language = self.language
-    if language:
-        if datatype:
-            # TODO: this isn't valid RDF (it's datatype XOR language)
-            return '%s@%s^^%s' % (encoded, language, quoted_dt)
-        return '%s@%s' % (encoded, language)
-    elif datatype:
-        return '%s^^%s' % (encoded, quoted_dt)
-    else:
-        return '%s' % encoded
-
-def patch():
-    Literal._literal_n3 = _literal_n3
-
-import unittest
-class TestDoubleOutput(unittest.TestCase):
-    def testNoDanglingPoint(self):
-        vv = Literal("0.88", datatype=_XSD_DOUBLE)
-        out = _literal_n3(vv, use_plain=True)
-        print out
-        self.assert_(out in ["8.8e-01", "0.88"], out)
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/syncedgraph.py b/light9/rdfdb/syncedgraph.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/syncedgraph.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,167 +0,0 @@
-"""
-client code uses a SyncedGraph, which has a few things:
-
-AutoDepGraphApi - knockoutjs-inspired API for querying the graph in a
-way that lets me call you again when there were changes to the things
-you queried
-
-CurrentStateGraphApi - a way to query the graph that doesn't gather
-your dependencies like AutoDepGraphApi does
-
-GraphEditApi - methods to write patches to the graph for common
-operations, e.g. replacing a value, or editing a mapping
-
-PatchReceiver - our web server that listens to edits from the master graph
-
-PatchSender - collects and transmits your graph edits
-"""
-
-from rdflib import ConjunctiveGraph
-import logging, cyclone.httpclient, traceback
-from twisted.internet import defer
-import treq, json
-log = logging.getLogger('syncedgraph')
-from light9.rdfdb.rdflibpatch import patchQuads
-
-from light9.rdfdb.patchsender import PatchSender
-from light9.rdfdb.patchreceiver import PatchReceiver
-from light9.rdfdb.currentstategraphapi import CurrentStateGraphApi
-from light9.rdfdb.autodepgraphapi import AutoDepGraphApi
-from light9.rdfdb.grapheditapi import GraphEditApi
-
-# everybody who writes literals needs to get this
-from rdflibpatch_literal import patch
-patch()
-
-
-class SyncedGraph(CurrentStateGraphApi, AutoDepGraphApi, GraphEditApi):
-    """
-    graph for clients to use. Changes are synced with the master graph
-    in the rdfdb process.
-
-    This api is like rdflib.Graph but it can also call you back when
-    there are graph changes to the parts you previously read.
-
-    You may want to attach to self.initiallySynced deferred so you
-    don't attempt patches before we've heard the initial contents of
-    the graph. It would be ok to accumulate some patches of new
-    material, but usually you won't correctly remove the existing
-    statements unless we have the correct graph.
-
-    If we get out of sync, we abandon our local graph (even any
-    pending local changes) and get the data again from the
-    server.
-    """
-    def __init__(self, rdfdbRoot, label):
-        """
-        label is a string that the server will display in association
-        with your connection
-        """
-        self.rdfdbRoot = rdfdbRoot
-        self.initiallySynced = defer.Deferred()
-        self._graph = ConjunctiveGraph()
-
-        self._receiver = PatchReceiver(self.rdfdbRoot, label, self._onPatch)
-        
-        self._sender = PatchSender(self.rdfdbRoot + 'patches',
-                                   self._receiver.updateResource)
-        AutoDepGraphApi.__init__(self)
-        # this needs more state to track if we're doing a resync (and
-        # everything has to error or wait) or if we're live
-        
-    def resync(self):
-        """
-        get the whole graph again from the server (e.g. we had a
-        conflict while applying a patch and want to return to the
-        truth).
-
-        To avoid too much churn, we remember our old graph and diff it
-        against the replacement. This way, our callers only see the
-        corrections.
-
-        Edits you make during a resync will surely be lost, so I
-        should just fail them. There should be a notification back to
-        UIs who want to show that we're doing a resync.
-        """
-        log.info('resync')
-        self._sender.cancelAll()
-        # this should be locked so only one resync goes on at once
-        return cyclone.httpclient.fetch(
-            url=self.rdfdbRoot + "graph",
-            method="GET",
-            headers={'Accept':['x-trig']},
-            ).addCallback(self._resyncGraph)
-
-    def _resyncGraph(self, response):
-        log.warn("new graph in")
-        
-        #diff against old entire graph
-        #broadcast that change
-
-    def patch(self, p):
-        """send this patch to the server and apply it to our local
-        graph and run handlers"""
-
-        if p.isNoop():
-            log.info("skipping no-op patch")
-            return
-        
-        # these could fail if we're out of sync. One approach:
-        # Rerequest the full state from the server, try the patch
-        # again after that, then give up.
-        debugKey = '[id=%s]' % (id(p) % 1000)
-        log.debug("\napply local patch %s %s", debugKey, p)
-        try:
-            patchQuads(self._graph,
-                       deleteQuads=p.delQuads,
-                       addQuads=p.addQuads,
-                       perfect=True)
-        except ValueError as e:
-            log.error(e)
-            self.sendFailed(None)
-            return
-        log.debug('runDepsOnNewPatch')
-        self.runDepsOnNewPatch(p)
-        log.debug('sendPatch')
-        self._sender.sendPatch(p).addErrback(self.sendFailed)
-        log.debug('patch is done %s', debugKey)
-
-    def suggestPrefixes(self, ctx, prefixes):
-        """
-        when writing files for this ctx, try to use these n3
-        prefixes. async, not guaranteed to finish before any
-        particular file flush
-        """
-        treq.post(self.rdfdbRoot + 'prefixes', json.dumps({'ctx': ctx, 'prefixes': prefixes}))
-
-    def sendFailed(self, result):
-        """
-        we asked for a patch to be queued and sent to the master, and
-        that ultimately failed because of a conflict
-        """
-        log.warn("sendFailed")
-        self.resync()
-        
-        #i think we should receive back all the pending patches,
-        #do a resync here,
-        #then requeue all the pending patches (minus the failing one?) after that's done.
-
-    def _onPatch(self, p):
-        """
-        central server has sent us a patch
-        """
-        log.debug('_onPatch server has sent us %s', p)
-        patchQuads(self._graph, p.delQuads, p.addQuads, perfect=True)
-        log.debug("graph now has %s statements" % len(self._graph))
-        try:
-            self.runDepsOnNewPatch(p)
-        except Exception:
-            # don't reflect this error back to the server; we did
-            # receive its patch correctly. However, we're in a bad
-            # state since some dependencies may not have rerun
-            traceback.print_exc()
-            log.warn("some graph dependencies may not have completely run")
-
-        if self.initiallySynced:
-            self.initiallySynced.callback(None)
-            self.initiallySynced = None
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/web/graphView.html b/light9/rdfdb/web/graphView.html
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/web/graphView.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html>
-  <head>
-    <title>graphview</title>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/style.css">
-
-  </head>
-  <body>
-    <!--
-        this page is another graph client who maintains the whole
-        graph all the time
-    -->
-
-    <div id="status">starting...</div>
-    
-    <fieldset>
-      <legend>Messages</legend>
-      <div id="out"></div>
-    </fieldset>
-
-    <p>URI substring: <input type="text" id="uriSubstring"></p>
-
-    <table>
-      <thead>
-        <tr>
-          <th>subject</th> <th>predicate</th> <th>object</th> <th>context</th>
-        </tr>
-      </thead>
-      <tbody>
-      </tbody>
-    </table>
-
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="/lib/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js"></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="/websocket.js"></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="syncedgraph.js"></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript">
-      $(function(){
-
-      });
-    </script>
-  </body>
-</html>
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/web/index.html b/light9/rdfdb/web/index.html
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/web/index.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html>
-  <head>
-    <title>rdfdb</title>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/style.css">
-    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
-   </head>
-  <body id="rdfdb">
-    <h1>rdfdb</h1>
-    <div id="status">starting...</div>
-    
-    <section id="edits">
-      <h2>Edits</h2>
-      <div id="patches"></div>
-    </section>
-
-    <p>Clients: <span id="clients"></span></p>
-
-    <section id="messages">
-      <h2>Messages</h2>
-      <div id="out"></div>
-    </fieldset>
-
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="/lib/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js"></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="/websocket.js"></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript">
-      $(function(){
-
-          function collapseCuries(s) {
-            // this is temporary. The correct thing is to parse the quad (or receive it as a tree) and then make links to the full URIs and display curies of them
-
-              return s
-                  .replace(/<http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2001\/XMLSchema#(.*?)>/g, function (match, short) { return "xsd:"+short; })
-                  .replace(/<http:\/\/light9.bigasterisk.com\/(.*?)>/g, function (match, short) { return "light9:"+short; })
-                  .replace(/<http:\/\/light9.bigasterisk.com\/show\/dance2012\/sessions\/(.*?)>/g, function (match, short) { return "kcsession:"+short });
-          }
-
-          function onMessage(d) {
-              if (d.clients !== undefined) {
-                  $("#clients").empty().text(JSON.stringify(d.clients));
-              }
-              if (d.patch !== undefined) {
-                  $("#patches").prepend(
-                      $("<fieldset>").addClass("patch")
-                          .append($("<legend>").text("Patch"))
-                          .append($("<div>").addClass("deletes").text(collapseCuries(d.patch.deletes)))
-                          .append($("<div>").addClass("adds").text(collapseCuries(d.patch.adds)))
-                  );
-              }
-
-              $('#out').append($('<div>').text(JSON.stringify(d)));
-          }
-          reconnectingWebSocket("live", onMessage);
-      });
-    </script>
-
-  </body>
-</html>
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/web/style.css b/light9/rdfdb/web/style.css
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/web/style.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-body {
-    display: flex;
-    flex-direction: column;
-    position: absolute;
-    width: 100%;
-    height: 100%;
-    padding: 0px;
-    margin: 0;
-}
-
-#edits {
-    flex-grow: 3;
-    display: flex;
-    flex-direction: column;
-}
-#messages {
-    flex-grow: 1;
-    display: flex;
-    flex-direction: column;
-    margin-bottom: 3px;
-}
-
-/* rdfdb */
-#patches {
-    overflow-y: scroll;
-    flex: 1 1 0;
-}
-.patch {
-    border: 1px solid gray;
-    padding: 2px;
-    margin: 4px;
-}
-.patch > div {
-    font-family: monospace;
-    font-size: 90%;
-    white-space: pre-wrap;
-} 
-.patch .adds {
-    color: #3AEA38;
-}
-.patch .deletes {
-    color: #FF2828;
-}
-#out {
-    white-space: pre-wrap;
-    overflow-y: auto;
-    /* height: 50px; */
-    flex: 1 0 0;
-}
-.patch fieldset {
-    color: gray;
-    font-family: arial;
-    font-size: 75%;
-}
diff --git a/light9/rdfdb/web/syncedgraph.js b/light9/rdfdb/web/syncedgraph.js
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/light9/rdfdb/web/syncedgraph.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-function SyncedGraph(label) {
-    /*
-      like python SyncedGraph but talks over a websocket to
-      rdfdb. This one has an API more conducive to reading and
-      querying.
-
-      light9/web/graph.coffee is the newer attempt
-    */
-    var self = this;
-
-    
-
-    self.patch = function (p) {
-        throw;
-    }
-    self.nodesWithSubstring = function (subString) {
-
-    }
-    self.quads = function (s, p, o, c) {
-        // any args can be null for wildcard
-    }
-
-
-    function onMessage(d) {
-        $('#out').append($('<div>').text(JSON.stringify(d)));
-    }
-    
-    reconnectingWebSocket("liveSyncedGraph", onMessage);
-}