diff --git a/hsmodels/__init__.py b/hsmodels/__init__.py
index e69de29..c385230 100644
--- a/hsmodels/__init__.py
+++ b/hsmodels/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from rdflib.serializer import Serializer
+from rdflib.plugin import register
+
+
+register(
+    'json-ld-pretty', Serializer,
+    'hsmodels.serializers', 'PrettyJsonLDSerializer')
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diff --git a/hsmodels/schemas/__init__.py b/hsmodels/schemas/__init__.py
index f1b7c05..2438fa8 100644
--- a/hsmodels/schemas/__init__.py
+++ b/hsmodels/schemas/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 from pydantic import AnyUrl, BaseModel
 from rdflib import Graph, Literal, URIRef
 
-from hsmodels.namespaces import DC, HSTERMS, ORE, RDF, RDFS1
+from hsmodels.namespaces import DC, HSTERMS, ORE, RDF, RDFS1, HSRESOURCE, DCTERMS, SCHEMA, XML, RDFS, CITOTERMS, XSD, \
+    SH, FOAF, DASH, HSUSER
 from hsmodels.schemas.aggregations import (
     FileSetMetadata,
     GeographicFeatureMetadata,
@@ -82,14 +83,31 @@ def parse_file(schema, file, file_format='xml', subject=None):
 
 
 def rdf_graph(schema):
+    g = Graph()
+    g.bind('hsresource', HSRESOURCE)
+    g.bind('dcterms', DCTERMS)
+    g.bind('rdfs1', RDFS1)
+    g.bind('schema', SCHEMA)
+    g.bind('hsterms', HSTERMS)
+    g.bind('xml', XML)
+    g.bind('rdfs', RDFS)
+    g.bind('dc', DC)
+    g.bind('citoterms', CITOTERMS)
+    g.bind('xsd', XSD)
+    g.bind('sh', SH)
+    g.bind('rdf', RDF)
+    g.bind('foaf', FOAF)
+    g.bind('dash', DASH)
+    g.bind('ORE', ORE)
+    g.bind('hsuser', HSUSER)
     for rdf_schema, user_schema in user_schemas.items():
         if isinstance(schema, user_schema):
-            return _rdf_graph(rdf_schema(**schema.dict(to_rdf=True)), Graph())
-    return _rdf_graph(schema, Graph())
+            return _rdf_graph(rdf_schema(**schema.dict(to_rdf=True)), g)
+    return _rdf_graph(schema, g)
 
 
 def rdf_string(schema, rdf_format='pretty-xml'):
-    return rdf_graph(schema).serialize(format=rdf_format).decode()
+    return rdf_graph(schema).serialize(format=rdf_format, auto_compact=True)
 
 
 def _rdf_fields(schema):
diff --git a/hsmodels/serializers.py b/hsmodels/serializers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4f7de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hsmodels/serializers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import warnings
+from typing import IO, Optional
+
+from rdflib.graph import Graph
+from rdflib.namespace import XSD
+from rdflib.plugins.shared.jsonld.util import json
+from rdflib.plugins.serializers.jsonld import JsonLDSerializer, from_rdf
+
+__all__ = ["PrettyJsonLDSerializer", "from_rdf"]
+
+
+PLAIN_LITERAL_TYPES = {XSD.boolean, XSD.integer, XSD.double, XSD.string}
+
+
+class PrettyJsonLDSerializer(JsonLDSerializer):
+    def __init__(self, store: Graph):
+        super(PrettyJsonLDSerializer, self).__init__(store)
+
+    def serialize(
+        self,
+        stream: IO[bytes],
+        base: Optional[str] = None,
+        encoding: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        # TODO: docstring w. args and return value
+        encoding = encoding or "utf-8"
+        if encoding not in ("utf-8", "utf-16"):
+            warnings.warn(
+                "JSON should be encoded as unicode. " f"Given encoding was: {encoding}"
+            )
+
+        context_data = kwargs.get("context")
+        use_native_types = (kwargs.get("use_native_types", False),)
+        use_rdf_type = kwargs.get("use_rdf_type", False)
+        auto_compact = kwargs.get("auto_compact", False)
+
+        indent = kwargs.get("indent", 2)
+        separators = kwargs.get("separators", (",", ": "))
+        sort_keys = kwargs.get("sort_keys", True)
+        ensure_ascii = kwargs.get("ensure_ascii", False)
+
+        obj = from_rdf(
+            self.store,
+            context_data,
+            base,
+            use_native_types,
+            use_rdf_type,
+            auto_compact=auto_compact,
+        )
+
+        '''Here is where the compaction takes place!'''
+        distribute_nodes(obj)
+
+        data = json.dumps(
+            obj,
+            indent=indent,
+            separators=separators,
+            sort_keys=sort_keys,
+            ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii,
+        )
+
+        stream.write(data.encode(encoding, "replace"))
+
+
+def distribute_nodes(jld):
+    # group nodes to be distributed into roots
+    # nodes are identified by a dictionary with {'@id': "_:N..."}
+    nodes_by_id = {d.pop('@id'): d for d in jld['@graph'] if d['@id'].startswith("_:N")}
+    roots = [d for d in jld['@graph'] if '@id' in d and not d['@id'].startswith("_:N")]
+
+    # code for walking dictionaries and lists to replace node identifiers with the nodes
+    def is_node_id(d) -> bool:
+        if isinstance(d, dict):
+            if "@id" in d and d["@id"].startswith("_:N"):
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    def get_node(d: dict):
+        return nodes_by_id[d["@id"]]
+
+    def parse_list(l: list):
+        nodes = []
+        for item in l:
+            if is_node_id(item):
+                nodes.append((item, get_node(item)))
+            if isinstance(item, list):
+                parse_list(item)
+            if isinstance(item, dict):
+                parse_dict(item)
+        for node in nodes:
+            l.remove(node[0])
+            l.append(node[1])
+
+    def parse_dict(d: dict):
+        nodes = []
+        for key, value in d.items():
+            if is_node_id(value):
+                nodes.append((key, get_node(value)))
+            if isinstance(value, list):
+                parse_list(value)
+            if isinstance(value, dict):
+                parse_dict(value)
+        for node in nodes:
+            d[node[0]] = node[1]
+    # run the node replacements for each root
+    for d in roots:
+        parse_dict(d)
+
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ec1d916..b88db18 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-rdflib<6.0.0
+rdflib>=6.0.0
 pydantic>=1.8.1,<2.0
 email-validator
 jsonschema2md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 92807da..f72f7eb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     packages=find_packages(include=['hsmodels', 'hsmodels.*', 'hsmodels.schemas.*', 'hsmodels.schemas.rdf.*'],
                            exclude=("tests",)),
     install_requires=[
-        'rdflib<6.0.0',
+        'rdflib>=6.0.0',
         'pydantic>=1.8.1,<2.0',
         'email-validator'
     ],