old_contents: from codecs import getreader
  from StringIO import StringIO
  
  from rdflib.term import URIRef
  from rdflib.graph import Graph
  
  rdf = u"""@prefix skos:
  <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
  @prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
  @prefix : <http://www.test.org/#> .
  
  :world rdf:type skos:Concept;
      skos:prefLabel "World"@en.
  :africa rdf:type skos:Concept;
      skos:prefLabel "Africa"@en;
      skos:broaderTransitive :world.
  :CI rdf:type skos:Concept;
      skos:prefLabel "C\u00f4te d'Ivoire"@en;
      skos:broaderTransitive :africa.    
  """
  
  rdf_utf8 = rdf.encode('utf-8')
  
  rdf_reader = getreader('utf-8')(StringIO(rdf.encode('utf-8')))
  
  
          
  def test_a():
      g = Graph()
      g.parse(data=rdf, format='n3')
      v = g.value(subject=URIRef("http://www.test.org/#CI"), predicate=URIRef("http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel"))
      assert v==u"C\u00f4te d'Ivoire"
  
  def test_b():
      g = Graph()
      g.parse(data=rdf_utf8, format='n3')
      v = g.value(subject=URIRef("http://www.test.org/#CI"), predicate=URIRef("http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel"))
      assert v==u"C\u00f4te d'Ivoire"
  
  def test_c():
      g = Graph()
      g.parse(source=rdf_reader, format='n3')
      v = g.value(subject=URIRef("http://www.test.org/#CI"), predicate=URIRef("http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel"))
      assert v==u"C\u00f4te d'Ivoire"
  
  
  
new_contents: from codecs import getreader
  from StringIO import StringIO
  
  from rdflib.term import URIRef
  from rdflib.graph import Graph
  
  rdf = u"""@prefix skos:
  <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
  @prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
  @prefix : <http://www.test.org/#> .
  
  :world rdf:type skos:Concept;
      skos:prefLabel "World"@en.
  :africa rdf:type skos:Concept;
      skos:prefLabel "Africa"@en;
      skos:broaderTransitive :world.
  :CI rdf:type skos:Concept;
      skos:prefLabel "C\u00f4te d'Ivoire"@en;
      skos:broaderTransitive :africa.    
  """
  
  rdf_utf8 = rdf.encode('utf-8')
  
  rdf_reader = getreader('utf-8')(StringIO(rdf.encode('utf-8')))
  
  
          
  def test_a():
      g = Graph()
      g.parse(data=rdf, format='n3')
      v = g.value(subject=URIRef("http://www.test.org/#CI"), predicate=URIRef("http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel"))
      assert v==u"C\u00f4te d'Ivoire"
  
  def test_b():
      g = Graph()
      g.parse(data=rdf_utf8, format='n3')
      v = g.value(subject=URIRef("http://www.test.org/#CI"), predicate=URIRef("http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel"))
      assert v==u"C\u00f4te d'Ivoire"
  
  def test_c():
      g = Graph()
      assert isinstance(rdf_reader.read(1), str)
      rdf_reader.seek(0)
      g.parse(source=rdf_reader, format='n3')
      v = g.value(subject=URIRef("http://www.test.org/#CI"), predicate=URIRef("http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel"))
      assert v==u"C\u00f4te d'Ivoire"
  
  
  
subject: update issue 84 ...