diff --git a/quad/cquads/cquads.go b/quad/cquads/cquads.go
index 4c548fb..c3355ed 100644
--- a/quad/cquads/cquads.go
+++ b/quad/cquads/cquads.go
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ func unEscape(r []rune, isQuoted, isEscaped bool) string {
 	if isQuoted {
 		r = r[1 : len(r)-1]
 	}
+	if len(r) >= 2 && r[0] == '<' && r[len(r)-1] == '>' {
+		return string(r[1 : len(r)-1])
+	}
 	if !isEscaped {
 		return string(r)
 	}
diff --git a/quad/cquads/cquads_test.go b/quad/cquads/cquads_test.go
index 276c1b8..c6cc344 100644
--- a/quad/cquads/cquads_test.go
+++ b/quad/cquads/cquads_test.go
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "handle simple case with comments",
 		input:   "<http://example/s> <http://example/p> <http://example/o> . # comment",
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example/s>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://example/p>",
-			Object:     "<http://example/o>",
+			Subject:    "http://example/s",
+			Predicate:  "http://example/p",
+			Object:     "http://example/o",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
 	},
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "handle simple case with comments",
 		input:   "<http://example/s> <http://example/p> _:o . # comment",
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example/s>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://example/p>",
+			Subject:    "http://example/s",
+			Predicate:  "http://example/p",
 			Object:     "_:o",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "handle simple case with comments",
 		input:   "<http://example/s> <http://example/p> \"o\" . # comment",
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example/s>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://example/p>",
+			Subject:    "http://example/s",
+			Predicate:  "http://example/p",
 			Object:     "o",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "handle simple case with comments",
 		input:   "<http://example/s> <http://example/p> \"o\"^^<http://example/dt> . # comment",
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example/s>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://example/p>",
+			Subject:    "http://example/s",
+			Predicate:  "http://example/p",
 			Object:     `"o"^^<http://example/dt>`,
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "handle simple case with comments",
 		input:   "<http://example/s> <http://example/p> \"o\"@en . # comment",
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example/s>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://example/p>",
+			Subject:    "http://example/s",
+			Predicate:  "http://example/p",
 			Object:     `"o"@en`,
 			Provenance: ""},
 	},
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		input:   `_:100000 </film/performance/actor> </en/larry_fine_1902> . # example from 30movies`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
 			Subject:    "_:100000",
-			Predicate:  "</film/performance/actor>",
-			Object:     "</en/larry_fine_1902>",
+			Predicate:  "/film/performance/actor",
+			Object:     "/en/larry_fine_1902",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
 		err: nil,
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		input:   `_:10011 </film/performance/character> "Tomás de Torquemada" . # example from 30movies with unicode`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
 			Subject:    "_:10011",
-			Predicate:  "</film/performance/character>",
+			Predicate:  "/film/performance/character",
 			Object:     "Tomás de Torquemada",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse triple with commment",
 		input:   `<http://one.example/subject1> <http://one.example/predicate1> <http://one.example/object1> . # comments here`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://one.example/subject1>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://one.example/predicate1>",
-			Object:     "<http://one.example/object1>",
+			Subject:    "http://one.example/subject1",
+			Predicate:  "http://one.example/predicate1",
+			Object:     "http://one.example/object1",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
 		err: nil,
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		input:   `_:subject1 <http://an.example/predicate1> "object1" .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
 			Subject:    "_:subject1",
-			Predicate:  "<http://an.example/predicate1>",
+			Predicate:  "http://an.example/predicate1",
 			Object:     "object1",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		input:   `_:subject2 <http://an.example/predicate2> "object2" .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
 			Subject:    "_:subject2",
-			Predicate:  "<http://an.example/predicate2>",
+			Predicate:  "http://an.example/predicate2",
 			Object:     "object2",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
@@ -238,9 +238,9 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse triple with three IRIREFs",
 		input:   `<http://example.org/#spiderman> <http://www.perceive.net/schemas/relationship/enemyOf> <http://example.org/#green-goblin> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example.org/#spiderman>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://www.perceive.net/schemas/relationship/enemyOf>",
-			Object:     "<http://example.org/#green-goblin>",
+			Subject:    "http://example.org/#spiderman",
+			Predicate:  "http://www.perceive.net/schemas/relationship/enemyOf",
+			Object:     "http://example.org/#green-goblin",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
 		err: nil,
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		input:   `_:alice <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows> _:bob .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
 			Subject:    "_:alice",
-			Predicate:  "<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows>",
+			Predicate:  "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows",
 			Object:     "_:bob",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		input:   `_:bob <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows> _:alice .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
 			Subject:    "_:bob",
-			Predicate:  "<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows>",
+			Predicate:  "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows",
 			Object:     "_:alice",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
@@ -275,10 +275,10 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse quad with commment",
 		input:   `<http://one.example/subject1> <http://one.example/predicate1> <http://one.example/object1> <http://example.org/graph3> . # comments here`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://one.example/subject1>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://one.example/predicate1>",
-			Object:     "<http://one.example/object1>",
-			Provenance: "<http://example.org/graph3>",
+			Subject:    "http://one.example/subject1",
+			Predicate:  "http://one.example/predicate1",
+			Object:     "http://one.example/object1",
+			Provenance: "http://example.org/graph3",
 		},
 		err: nil,
 	},
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		input:   `_:subject1 <http://an.example/predicate1> "object1" <http://example.org/graph1> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
 			Subject:    "_:subject1",
-			Predicate:  "<http://an.example/predicate1>",
+			Predicate:  "http://an.example/predicate1",
 			Object:     "object1",
-			Provenance: "<http://example.org/graph1>",
+			Provenance: "http://example.org/graph1",
 		},
 		err: nil,
 	},
@@ -298,9 +298,9 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		input:   `_:subject2 <http://an.example/predicate2> "object2" <http://example.org/graph5> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
 			Subject:    "_:subject2",
-			Predicate:  "<http://an.example/predicate2>",
+			Predicate:  "http://an.example/predicate2",
 			Object:     "object2",
-			Provenance: "<http://example.org/graph5>",
+			Provenance: "http://example.org/graph5",
 		},
 		err: nil,
 	},
@@ -310,10 +310,10 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse quad with all IRIREF parts",
 		input:   `<http://example.org/#spiderman> <http://www.perceive.net/schemas/relationship/enemyOf> <http://example.org/#green-goblin> <http://example.org/graphs/spiderman> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example.org/#spiderman>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://www.perceive.net/schemas/relationship/enemyOf>",
-			Object:     "<http://example.org/#green-goblin>",
-			Provenance: "<http://example.org/graphs/spiderman>",
+			Subject:    "http://example.org/#spiderman",
+			Predicate:  "http://www.perceive.net/schemas/relationship/enemyOf",
+			Object:     "http://example.org/#green-goblin",
+			Provenance: "http://example.org/graphs/spiderman",
 		},
 		err: nil,
 	},
@@ -324,9 +324,9 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		input:   `_:alice <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows> _:bob <http://example.org/graphs/john> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
 			Subject:    "_:alice",
-			Predicate:  "<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows>",
+			Predicate:  "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows",
 			Object:     "_:bob",
-			Provenance: "<http://example.org/graphs/john>",
+			Provenance: "http://example.org/graphs/john",
 		},
 		err: nil,
 	},
@@ -335,9 +335,9 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		input:   `_:bob <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows> _:alice <http://example.org/graphs/james> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
 			Subject:    "_:bob",
-			Predicate:  "<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows>",
+			Predicate:  "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows",
 			Object:     "_:alice",
-			Provenance: "<http://example.org/graphs/james>",
+			Provenance: "http://example.org/graphs/james",
 		},
 		err: nil,
 	},
@@ -347,9 +347,9 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse triple with all IRIREF parts",
 		input:   `<http://example.org/bob#me> <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type> <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example.org/bob#me>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type>",
-			Object:     "<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person>",
+			Subject:    "http://example.org/bob#me",
+			Predicate:  "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type",
+			Object:     "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
 		err: nil,
@@ -358,9 +358,9 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse triple with all IRIREF parts",
 		input:   `<http://example.org/bob#me> <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows> <http://example.org/alice#me> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example.org/bob#me>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows>",
-			Object:     "<http://example.org/alice#me>",
+			Subject:    "http://example.org/bob#me",
+			Predicate:  "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows",
+			Object:     "http://example.org/alice#me",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
 		err: nil,
@@ -369,8 +369,8 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse triple with IRIREF schema on literal object",
 		input:   `<http://example.org/bob#me> <http://schema.org/birthDate> "1990-07-04"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example.org/bob#me>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://schema.org/birthDate>",
+			Subject:    "http://example.org/bob#me",
+			Predicate:  "http://schema.org/birthDate",
 			Object:     `"1990-07-04"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date>`,
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
@@ -380,9 +380,9 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse commented IRIREF in triple",
 		input:   `<http://example.org/bob#me> <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/topic_interest> <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example.org/bob#me>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/topic_interest>",
-			Object:     "<http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418>",
+			Subject:    "http://example.org/bob#me",
+			Predicate:  "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/topic_interest",
+			Object:     "http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
 		err: nil,
@@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse triple with literal subject",
 		input:   `<http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418> <http://purl.org/dc/terms/title> "Mona Lisa" .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://purl.org/dc/terms/title>",
+			Subject:    "http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418",
+			Predicate:  "http://purl.org/dc/terms/title",
 			Object:     "Mona Lisa",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
@@ -402,9 +402,9 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse triple with all IRIREF parts (1)",
 		input:   `<http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418> <http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator> <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Leonardo_da_Vinci> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator>",
-			Object:     "<http://dbpedia.org/resource/Leonardo_da_Vinci>",
+			Subject:    "http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418",
+			Predicate:  "http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator",
+			Object:     "http://dbpedia.org/resource/Leonardo_da_Vinci",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
 		err: nil,
@@ -413,9 +413,9 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse triple with all IRIREF parts (2)",
 		input:   `<http://data.europeana.eu/item/04802/243FA8618938F4117025F17A8B813C5F9AA4D619> <http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject> <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://data.europeana.eu/item/04802/243FA8618938F4117025F17A8B813C5F9AA4D619>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject>",
-			Object:     "<http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418>",
+			Subject:    "http://data.europeana.eu/item/04802/243FA8618938F4117025F17A8B813C5F9AA4D619",
+			Predicate:  "http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject",
+			Object:     "http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
 		err: nil,
@@ -426,10 +426,10 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse commented IRIREF in quad (1)",
 		input:   `<http://example.org/bob#me> <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type> <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person> <http://example.org/bob> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example.org/bob#me>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type>",
-			Object:     "<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person>",
-			Provenance: "<http://example.org/bob>",
+			Subject:    "http://example.org/bob#me",
+			Predicate:  "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type",
+			Object:     "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person",
+			Provenance: "http://example.org/bob",
 		},
 		err: nil,
 	},
@@ -437,10 +437,10 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse quad with all IRIREF parts",
 		input:   `<http://example.org/bob#me> <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows> <http://example.org/alice#me> <http://example.org/bob> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example.org/bob#me>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows>",
-			Object:     "<http://example.org/alice#me>",
-			Provenance: "<http://example.org/bob>",
+			Subject:    "http://example.org/bob#me",
+			Predicate:  "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows",
+			Object:     "http://example.org/alice#me",
+			Provenance: "http://example.org/bob",
 		},
 		err: nil,
 	},
@@ -448,10 +448,10 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse quad with IRIREF schema on literal object",
 		input:   `<http://example.org/bob#me> <http://schema.org/birthDate> "1990-07-04"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date> <http://example.org/bob> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example.org/bob#me>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://schema.org/birthDate>",
+			Subject:    "http://example.org/bob#me",
+			Predicate:  "http://schema.org/birthDate",
 			Object:     `"1990-07-04"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date>`,
-			Provenance: "<http://example.org/bob>",
+			Provenance: "http://example.org/bob",
 		},
 		err: nil,
 	},
@@ -459,10 +459,10 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse commented IRIREF in quad (2)",
 		input:   `<http://example.org/bob#me> <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/topic_interest> <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418> <http://example.org/bob> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example.org/bob#me>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/topic_interest>",
-			Object:     "<http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418>",
-			Provenance: "<http://example.org/bob>",
+			Subject:    "http://example.org/bob#me",
+			Predicate:  "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/topic_interest",
+			Object:     "http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418",
+			Provenance: "http://example.org/bob",
 		},
 		err: nil,
 	},
@@ -470,10 +470,10 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse literal object and colon qualified label in quad",
 		input:   `<http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418> <http://purl.org/dc/terms/title> "Mona Lisa" <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q12418> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://purl.org/dc/terms/title>",
+			Subject:    "http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418",
+			Predicate:  "http://purl.org/dc/terms/title",
 			Object:     "Mona Lisa",
-			Provenance: "<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q12418>",
+			Provenance: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q12418",
 		},
 		err: nil,
 	},
@@ -481,10 +481,10 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse all IRIREF parts with colon qualified label in quad (1)",
 		input:   `<http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418> <http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator> <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Leonardo_da_Vinci> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q12418> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator>",
-			Object:     "<http://dbpedia.org/resource/Leonardo_da_Vinci>",
-			Provenance: "<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q12418>",
+			Subject:    "http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418",
+			Predicate:  "http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator",
+			Object:     "http://dbpedia.org/resource/Leonardo_da_Vinci",
+			Provenance: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q12418",
 		},
 		err: nil,
 	},
@@ -492,10 +492,10 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse all IRIREF parts with colon qualified label in quad (2)",
 		input:   `<http://data.europeana.eu/item/04802/243FA8618938F4117025F17A8B813C5F9AA4D619> <http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject> <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q12418> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://data.europeana.eu/item/04802/243FA8618938F4117025F17A8B813C5F9AA4D619>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject>",
-			Object:     "<http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418>",
-			Provenance: "<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q12418>",
+			Subject:    "http://data.europeana.eu/item/04802/243FA8618938F4117025F17A8B813C5F9AA4D619",
+			Predicate:  "http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject",
+			Object:     "http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12418",
+			Provenance: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q12418",
 		},
 		err: nil,
 	},
@@ -503,9 +503,9 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse all IRIREF parts (quad section - 1)",
 		input:   `<http://example.org/bob> <http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher> <http://example.org> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example.org/bob>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher>",
-			Object:     "<http://example.org>",
+			Subject:    "http://example.org/bob",
+			Predicate:  "http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher",
+			Object:     "http://example.org",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
 		err: nil,
@@ -514,9 +514,9 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse all IRIREF parts (quad section - 2)",
 		input:   `<http://example.org/bob> <http://purl.org/dc/terms/rights> <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example.org/bob>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://purl.org/dc/terms/rights>",
-			Object:     "<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/>",
+			Subject:    "http://example.org/bob",
+			Predicate:  "http://purl.org/dc/terms/rights",
+			Object:     "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
 		err: nil,
@@ -551,8 +551,8 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse incomplete quad (1)",
 		input:   `<http://example.org/bob#me> <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example.org/bob#me>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type>",
+			Subject:    "http://example.org/bob#me",
+			Predicate:  "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type",
 			Object:     "",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},
@@ -562,8 +562,8 @@ var testNTriples = []struct {
 		message: "parse incomplete quad (2)",
 		input:   `<http://example.org/bob#me> <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type> .`,
 		expect: &quad.Quad{
-			Subject:    "<http://example.org/bob#me>",
-			Predicate:  "<http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type>",
+			Subject:    "http://example.org/bob#me",
+			Predicate:  "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type",
 			Object:     "",
 			Provenance: "",
 		},