diff --git a/lib/oxrdf/src/blank_node.rs b/lib/oxrdf/src/blank_node.rs
index 6d565fda..f39574a2 100644
--- a/lib/oxrdf/src/blank_node.rs
+++ b/lib/oxrdf/src/blank_node.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ use rand::random;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::{fmt, str};
 
+use crate::Term;
+
 /// An owned RDF [blank node](https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#dfn-blank-node).
 ///
 /// The common way to create a new blank node is to use the [`BlankNode::default()`] function.
@@ -102,6 +104,16 @@ impl fmt::Display for BlankNode {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<Term> for Option<BlankNode> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(term: Term) -> Self {
+        match term {
+            Term::BlankNode(node) => Some(node),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl Default for BlankNode {
     /// Builds a new RDF [blank node](https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#dfn-blank-node) with a unique id.
     #[inline]
@@ -352,6 +364,8 @@ pub struct BlankNodeIdParseError;
 mod tests {
     #![allow(clippy::panic_in_result_fn)]
 
+    use crate::{Literal, NamedNode};
+
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
@@ -360,6 +374,18 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(b.as_str(), "42");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn casting() {
+        let bnode: Option<BlankNode> = Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42)).into();
+        assert_eq!(bnode, Some(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42)));
+
+        let literal: Option<BlankNode> = Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("Hello World!")).into();
+        assert_eq!(literal, None);
+
+        let named_node: Option<BlankNode> = Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()).into();
+        assert_eq!(named_node, None);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn as_str_full() {
         let b = BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x7777_6666_5555_4444_3333_2222_1111_0000);
diff --git a/lib/oxrdf/src/literal.rs b/lib/oxrdf/src/literal.rs
index 13ab07fe..78d4e3e1 100644
--- a/lib/oxrdf/src/literal.rs
+++ b/lib/oxrdf/src/literal.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::named_node::NamedNode;
 use crate::vocab::{rdf, xsd};
-use crate::NamedNodeRef;
+use crate::{NamedNodeRef, Term};
 use oxilangtag::{LanguageTag, LanguageTagParseError};
 #[cfg(feature = "oxsdatatypes")]
 use oxsdatatypes::*;
@@ -161,6 +161,16 @@ impl fmt::Display for Literal {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<Term> for Option<Literal> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(term: Term) -> Self {
+        match term {
+            Term::Literal(literal) => Some(literal),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'a> From<&'a str> for Literal {
     #[inline]
     fn from(value: &'a str) -> Self {
@@ -637,6 +647,8 @@ pub fn print_quoted_str(string: &str, f: &mut impl Write) -> fmt::Result {
 mod tests {
     #![allow(clippy::panic_in_result_fn)]
 
+    use crate::BlankNode;
+
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
@@ -659,6 +671,19 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+
+    #[test]
+    fn casting() {
+        let literal: Option<Literal> = Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("Hello World!")).into();
+        assert_eq!(literal, Some(Literal::new_simple_literal("Hello World!")));
+
+        let bnode: Option<Literal> = Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42)).into();
+        assert_eq!(bnode, None);
+
+        let named_node: Option<Literal> = Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()).into();
+        assert_eq!(named_node, None);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_float_format() {
         assert_eq!("INF", Literal::from(f32::INFINITY).value());
diff --git a/lib/oxrdf/src/named_node.rs b/lib/oxrdf/src/named_node.rs
index 9b545bcc..95c299bf 100644
--- a/lib/oxrdf/src/named_node.rs
+++ b/lib/oxrdf/src/named_node.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ use oxiri::{Iri, IriParseError};
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::fmt;
 
+use crate::Term;
+
 /// An owned RDF [IRI](https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#dfn-iri).
 ///
 /// The default string formatter is returning an N-Triples, Turtle, and SPARQL compatible representation:
@@ -217,6 +219,16 @@ impl PartialOrd<NamedNodeRef<'_>> for NamedNode {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<Term> for Option<NamedNode> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(term: Term) -> Self {
+        match term {
+            Term::NamedNode(node) => Some(node),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<Iri<String>> for NamedNode {
     #[inline]
     fn from(iri: Iri<String>) -> Self {
@@ -234,3 +246,24 @@ impl<'a> From<Iri<&'a str>> for NamedNodeRef<'a> {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #![allow(clippy::panic_in_result_fn)]
+
+    use crate::{Literal, BlankNode};
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn casting() {
+        let named_node: Option<NamedNode> = Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()).into();
+        assert_eq!(named_node, Some(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()));
+        
+        let literal: Option<NamedNode> = Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("Hello World!")).into();
+        assert_eq!(literal, None);
+
+        let bnode: Option<NamedNode> = Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42)).into();
+        assert_eq!(bnode, None);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/oxrdf/src/triple.rs b/lib/oxrdf/src/triple.rs
index 76039644..ca594836 100644
--- a/lib/oxrdf/src/triple.rs
+++ b/lib/oxrdf/src/triple.rs
@@ -195,6 +195,19 @@ impl fmt::Display for Subject {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<Term> for Option<Subject> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(term: Term) -> Self {
+        match term {
+            Term::NamedNode(node) => Some(Subject::NamedNode(node)),
+            Term::BlankNode(node) => Some(Subject::BlankNode(node)),
+            #[cfg(feature = "rdf-star")]
+            Term::Triple(triple) => Some(Subject::Triple(triple)),
+            Term::Literal(_) => None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<NamedNode> for Subject {
     #[inline]
     fn from(node: NamedNode) -> Self {
@@ -738,6 +751,23 @@ impl Triple {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Builds an RDF [triple](https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#dfn-rdf-triple).
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn new_maybe(
+        subject: impl Into<Option<Subject>>,
+        predicate: impl Into<Option<NamedNode>>,
+        object: impl Into<Option<Term>>,
+    ) -> Option<Self> {
+        match (subject.into(), predicate.into(), object.into()) {
+            (Some(subject), Some(predicate), Some(object)) => Some(Self {
+                subject,
+                predicate,
+                object,
+            }),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Encodes that this triple is in an [RDF dataset](https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#dfn-rdf-dataset).
     #[inline]
     pub fn in_graph(self, graph_name: impl Into<GraphName>) -> Quad {
@@ -766,6 +796,18 @@ impl fmt::Display for Triple {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "rdf-star")]
+impl From<Term> for Option<Box<Triple>> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(term: Term) -> Self {
+        match term {
+            #[cfg(feature = "rdf-star")]
+            Term::Triple(triple) => Some(triple),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// A borrowed [RDF triple](https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#dfn-rdf-triple).
 ///
 /// The default string formatter is returning an N-Triples, Turtle, and SPARQL compatible representation:
@@ -1224,3 +1266,83 @@ impl<'a> From<QuadRef<'a>> for Quad {
         quad.into_owned()
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #![allow(clippy::panic_in_result_fn)]
+
+    use crate::{Literal, BlankNode};
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "rdf-star")]
+    fn casting_triple() {
+        let triple = Triple {
+            subject: NamedNode::new("http://example.org/s").unwrap().into(),
+            predicate: NamedNode::new("http://example.org/p").unwrap(),
+            object: NamedNode::new("http://example.org/o").unwrap().into(),
+        };
+        let triple_box = Box::new(triple);
+
+        let t: Option<Box<Triple>> = Term::Triple(triple_box.clone()).into();
+        assert_eq!(t, Some(triple_box.clone()));
+
+        let literal: Option<Box<Triple>> = Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("Hello World!")).into();
+        assert_eq!(literal, None);
+
+        let bnode: Option<Box<Triple>> = Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42)).into();
+        assert_eq!(bnode, None);
+
+        let named_node: Option<Box<Triple>> = Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()).into();
+        assert_eq!(named_node, None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "rdf-star")]
+    fn constructing_triple() {
+        let optional_triple = Triple::new_maybe(
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()), 
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()),
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap())
+        );
+
+        let bad_triple = Triple::new_maybe(
+            Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new("abc123").unwrap()), 
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()),
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap())
+        );
+
+        let triple: Triple = Triple::new(
+            Subject::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()), 
+            NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap(),
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap())
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(optional_triple, Some(triple));
+        assert_eq!(bad_triple, None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "rdf-star")]
+    fn casting_subject() {
+        let triple = Triple {
+            subject: NamedNode::new("http://example.org/s").unwrap().into(),
+            predicate: NamedNode::new("http://example.org/p").unwrap(),
+            object: NamedNode::new("http://example.org/o").unwrap().into(),
+        };
+        let triple_box = Box::new(triple);
+
+        let t: Option<Subject> = Term::Triple(triple_box.clone()).into();
+        assert_eq!(t, Some(Subject::Triple(triple_box.clone())));
+
+        let literal: Option<Subject> = Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("Hello World!")).into();
+        assert_eq!(literal, None);
+
+        let bnode: Option<Subject> = Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42)).into();
+        assert_eq!(bnode, Some(Subject::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42))));
+
+        let named_node: Option<Subject> = Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()).into();
+        assert_eq!(named_node, Some(Subject::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap())));
+    }
+}