diff --git a/src/adaptors/in-memory-articles.ts b/src/adaptors/in-memory-articles.ts
index 2c860097..140384f7 100644
--- a/src/adaptors/in-memory-articles.ts
+++ b/src/adaptors/in-memory-articles.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {
-  BlankNode, DatasetCore, Quad, Quad_Object as QuadObject,
+  DatasetCore, NamedNode, Quad, Quad_Object as QuadObject,
 } from 'rdf-js';
 import Articles from '../articles';
 import ArticleNotFound from '../errors/article-not-found';
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import NotAnArticle from '../errors/not-an-article';
 import { rdf, schema } from '../namespaces';
 
 export default class InMemoryArticles implements Articles {
-  private articles: { [id: string]: [BlankNode, DatasetCore] } = {};
+  private articles: { [id: string]: [NamedNode, DatasetCore] } = {};
 
-  async set(id: BlankNode, article: DatasetCore): Promise<void> {
+  async set(id: NamedNode, article: DatasetCore): Promise<void> {
     if (article.match(id, rdf.type, schema.Article).size === 0) {
       throw new NotAnArticle([...article.match(id, rdf.type)].map((quad: Quad): QuadObject => quad.object));
     }
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default class InMemoryArticles implements Articles {
     this.articles[id.value] = [id, article];
   }
 
-  async get(id: BlankNode): Promise<DatasetCore> {
+  async get(id: NamedNode): Promise<DatasetCore> {
     if (!(id.value in this.articles)) {
       throw new ArticleNotFound(id);
     }
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ export default class InMemoryArticles implements Articles {
     return this.articles[id.value][1];
   }
 
-  async remove(id: BlankNode): Promise<void> {
+  async remove(id: NamedNode): Promise<void> {
     delete this.articles[id.value];
   }
 
-  async contains(id: BlankNode): Promise<boolean> {
+  async contains(id: NamedNode): Promise<boolean> {
     return id.value in this.articles;
   }
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export default class InMemoryArticles implements Articles {
     return Object.values(this.articles).length;
   }
 
-  async* [Symbol.asyncIterator](): AsyncIterator<[BlankNode, DatasetCore]> {
+  async* [Symbol.asyncIterator](): AsyncIterator<[NamedNode, DatasetCore]> {
     yield* Object.values(this.articles);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/articles.ts b/src/articles.ts
index 3da38f93..4fd1e1e2 100644
--- a/src/articles.ts
+++ b/src/articles.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-import { BlankNode, DatasetCore } from 'rdf-js';
+import { DatasetCore, NamedNode } from 'rdf-js';
 
-interface Articles extends AsyncIterable<[BlankNode, DatasetCore]> {
-  set(id: BlankNode, article: DatasetCore): Promise<void>;
+interface Articles extends AsyncIterable<[NamedNode, DatasetCore]> {
+  set(id: NamedNode, article: DatasetCore): Promise<void>;
 
-  get(id: BlankNode): Promise<DatasetCore>;
+  get(id: NamedNode): Promise<DatasetCore>;
 
-  remove(id: BlankNode): Promise<void>;
+  remove(id: NamedNode): Promise<void>;
 
-  contains(id: BlankNode): Promise<boolean>;
+  contains(id: NamedNode): Promise<boolean>;
 
   count(): Promise<number>;
 }
diff --git a/src/errors/article-not-found.ts b/src/errors/article-not-found.ts
index 41771d40..ed39861b 100644
--- a/src/errors/article-not-found.ts
+++ b/src/errors/article-not-found.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { BlankNode } from 'rdf-js';
+import { NamedNode } from 'rdf-js';
 import { termToString } from 'rdf-string';
 
 export default class ArticleNotFound extends Error {
-  readonly id: BlankNode;
+  readonly id: NamedNode;
 
-  constructor(id: BlankNode) {
+  constructor(id: NamedNode) {
     super(`Article ${termToString(id)} could not be found`);
 
     this.id = id;
diff --git a/src/routes/add-article.ts b/src/routes/add-article.ts
index 24b3672c..26908683 100644
--- a/src/routes/add-article.ts
+++ b/src/routes/add-article.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import Routes from './index';
 
 export default (): AppMiddleware => (
   async ({
-    articles, dataFactory: { blankNode, quad }, request, response, router,
+    articles, dataFactory: { namedNode, quad }, request, response, router,
   }: AppContext, next: Next): Promise<void> => {
     const id = clownface({ dataset: request.dataset }).has(rdf.type, schema.Article).term;
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default (): AppMiddleware => (
       throw new createHttpError.BadRequest(`Article must have at least one ${termToString(schema('name'))}`);
     }
 
-    const newId = blankNode(uniqueString());
+    const newId = namedNode(uniqueString());
 
     [...request.dataset].forEach((originalQuad: Quad): void => {
       let newQuad: Quad;
diff --git a/src/routes/article-list.ts b/src/routes/article-list.ts
index e2f156e9..9290d17a 100644
--- a/src/routes/article-list.ts
+++ b/src/routes/article-list.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { constants } from 'http2';
 import all from 'it-all';
 import { Next } from 'koa';
 import { addAll } from 'rdf-dataset-ext';
-import { BlankNode, DatasetCore } from 'rdf-js';
+import { DatasetCore, NamedNode } from 'rdf-js';
 import { toRdf } from 'rdf-literal';
 import url from 'url';
 import { AppContext, AppMiddleware } from '../app';
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export default (): AppMiddleware => (
 
     const listPromise = all(articles)
       .then((list): void => {
-        list.forEach(([id, article]: [BlankNode, DatasetCore]): void => {
+        list.forEach(([id, article]: [NamedNode, DatasetCore]): void => {
           graph.addOut(hydra.member, id);
           addAll(graph.dataset, article);
         });
diff --git a/test/adaptors/in-memory-articles.test.ts b/test/adaptors/in-memory-articles.test.ts
index 9894e402..7272cb22 100644
--- a/test/adaptors/in-memory-articles.test.ts
+++ b/test/adaptors/in-memory-articles.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { blankNode, literal, quad } from '@rdfjs/data-model';
+import { literal, namedNode, quad } from '@rdfjs/data-model';
 import all from 'it-all';
 import 'jest-rdf';
-import { BlankNode, DatasetCore } from 'rdf-js';
+import { DatasetCore, NamedNode } from 'rdf-js';
 import InMemoryArticles from '../../src/adaptors/in-memory-articles';
 import ArticleNotFound from '../../src/errors/article-not-found';
 import NotAnArticle from '../../src/errors/not-an-article';
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import createArticle from '../create-article';
 describe('in-memory articles', (): void => {
   it('can add an article', async (): Promise<void> => {
     const articles = new InMemoryArticles();
-    const id = blankNode();
+    const id = namedNode('one');
 
     expect(await articles.contains(id)).toBe(false);
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe('in-memory articles', (): void => {
 
   it('can add an article with multiple types', async (): Promise<void> => {
     const articles = new InMemoryArticles();
-    const id = blankNode();
+    const id = namedNode('one');
     const article = createArticle({ id, types: [schema.Article, schema.NewsArticle] });
 
     await articles.set(id, article);
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('in-memory articles', (): void => {
 
   it('can update an article', async (): Promise<void> => {
     const articles = new InMemoryArticles();
-    const id = blankNode();
+    const id = namedNode('one');
 
     await articles.set(id, createArticle({ id, name: literal('Original') }));
     await articles.set(id, createArticle({ id, name: literal('Updated') }));
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe('in-memory articles', (): void => {
 
   it('throws an error if it is not an article', async (): Promise<void> => {
     const articles = new InMemoryArticles();
-    const id = blankNode();
+    const id = namedNode('one');
     const article = createArticle({ id, types: [schema.NewsArticle] });
 
     await expect(articles.set(id, article)).rejects.toThrow(new NotAnArticle([schema.NewsArticle]));
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe('in-memory articles', (): void => {
 
   it('throws an error if it has no type', async (): Promise<void> => {
     const articles = new InMemoryArticles();
-    const id = blankNode();
+    const id = namedNode('one');
     const article = createArticle({ id, types: [] });
 
     await expect(articles.set(id, article)).rejects.toThrow(new NotAnArticle());
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe('in-memory articles', (): void => {
 
   it('can retrieve an article', async (): Promise<void> => {
     const articles = new InMemoryArticles();
-    const id = blankNode();
+    const id = namedNode('one');
     const article = createArticle({ id });
 
     await articles.set(id, article);
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe('in-memory articles', (): void => {
 
   it('throws an error if the article is not found', async (): Promise<void> => {
     const articles = new InMemoryArticles();
-    const id = blankNode();
+    const id = namedNode('one');
 
     await expect(articles.get(id)).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ArticleNotFound);
     await expect(articles.get(id)).rejects.toHaveProperty('id', id);
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe('in-memory articles', (): void => {
 
   it('can remove an article', async (): Promise<void> => {
     const articles = new InMemoryArticles();
-    const id = blankNode();
+    const id = namedNode('one');
 
     await articles.set(id, createArticle({ id }));
     await articles.remove(id);
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe('in-memory articles', (): void => {
 
   it('does nothing when trying to remove an article that is not there', async (): Promise<void> => {
     const articles = new InMemoryArticles();
-    const id = blankNode();
+    const id = namedNode('one');
 
     await expect(articles.remove(id)).resolves.not.toThrow();
   });
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ describe('in-memory articles', (): void => {
 
     expect(await articles.count()).toBe(0);
 
-    const id1 = blankNode();
-    const id2 = blankNode();
+    const id1 = namedNode('one');
+    const id2 = namedNode('two');
 
     await articles.set(id1, createArticle({ id: id1 }));
     await articles.set(id2, createArticle({ id: id2 }));
@@ -109,15 +109,15 @@ describe('in-memory articles', (): void => {
   it('can iterate through the articles', async (): Promise<void> => {
     const articles = new InMemoryArticles();
 
-    const id1 = blankNode();
-    const id2 = blankNode();
-    const id3 = blankNode();
+    const id1 = namedNode('one');
+    const id2 = namedNode('two');
+    const id3 = namedNode('three');
 
     await articles.set(id1, createArticle({ id: id1 }));
     await articles.set(id3, createArticle({ id: id3 }));
     await articles.set(id2, createArticle({ id: id2 }));
 
-    const ids = (await all(articles)).map((parts: [BlankNode, DatasetCore]): BlankNode => parts[0]);
+    const ids = (await all(articles)).map((parts: [NamedNode, DatasetCore]): NamedNode => parts[0]);
 
     expect(ids).toStrictEqual([id1, id3, id2]);
   });
diff --git a/test/errors/article-not-found.test.ts b/test/errors/article-not-found.test.ts
index 16db7c35..1c27e36f 100644
--- a/test/errors/article-not-found.test.ts
+++ b/test/errors/article-not-found.test.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
-import { blankNode } from '@rdfjs/data-model';
+import { namedNode } from '@rdfjs/data-model';
 import ArticleNotFound from '../../src/errors/article-not-found';
 
 describe('article not found error', (): void => {
   it('should be an error', async (): Promise<void> => {
-    const error = new ArticleNotFound(blankNode());
+    const error = new ArticleNotFound(namedNode('one'));
 
     expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
   });
 
   it('should have a message', async (): Promise<void> => {
-    const error = new ArticleNotFound(blankNode('12345'));
+    const error = new ArticleNotFound(namedNode('12345'));
 
-    expect(error.message).toBe('Article _:12345 could not be found');
+    expect(error.message).toBe('Article 12345 could not be found');
   });
 
   it('should have an ID', async (): Promise<void> => {
-    const id = blankNode();
+    const id = namedNode('one');
     const error = new ArticleNotFound(id);
 
     expect(error.id).toBe(id);
diff --git a/test/routes/article-list.test.ts b/test/routes/article-list.test.ts
index 3fc249e8..41e7d9e4 100644
--- a/test/routes/article-list.test.ts
+++ b/test/routes/article-list.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { blankNode, namedNode, quad } from '@rdfjs/data-model';
+import { namedNode, quad } from '@rdfjs/data-model';
 import { Response } from 'koa';
 import { toRdf } from 'rdf-literal';
 import InMemoryArticles from '../../src/adaptors/in-memory-articles';
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ describe('article list', (): void => {
   it('should return articles in the list', async (): Promise<void> => {
     const articles = new InMemoryArticles();
 
-    const id1 = blankNode();
-    const id2 = blankNode();
+    const id1 = namedNode('one');
+    const id2 = namedNode('two');
 
     await articles.set(id1, createArticle({ id: id1 }));
     await articles.set(id2, createArticle({ id: id2 }));