diff --git a/rdflib/plugins/parsers/pyRdfa/host/html5.py b/rdflib/plugins/parsers/pyRdfa/host/html5.py
index b7420aad0..1e839a2c2 100644
--- a/rdflib/plugins/parsers/pyRdfa/host/html5.py
+++ b/rdflib/plugins/parsers/pyRdfa/host/html5.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def _get_literal(Pnode):
if node.nodeType == node.TEXT_NODE:
rc = rc + node.data
elif node.nodeType == node.ELEMENT_NODE :
- rc = rc + self._get_literal(node)
+ rc = rc + _get_literal(node)
if state.options.space_preserve :
return rc
else :
diff --git a/test/test_issue576.py b/test/test_issue576.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..250138ab8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_issue576.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import rdflib
+
+html = """
+
+
+ Boom
+
+
+
+
+
+"""
+
+
+def test_time_child_element():
+ """
+ Ensure TIME elements that contain child nodes parse cleanly
+ """
+ g = rdflib.Graph()
+ g.parse(data=html, format='rdfa')
+ date = g.value(
+ rdflib.URIRef("http://example.com/"),
+ rdflib.URIRef("http://schema.org/dateCreated")
+ )
+ assert len(g) == 3
+ assert date == rdflib.term.Literal("2016-01-01")