diff --git a/lib/oxrdf/src/blank_node.rs b/lib/oxrdf/src/blank_node.rs
index 6d565fda..984ac5ef 100644
--- a/lib/oxrdf/src/blank_node.rs
+++ b/lib/oxrdf/src/blank_node.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::{Term, TryFromTermError};
 use rand::random;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::{fmt, str};
@@ -232,6 +233,22 @@ impl<'a> From<BlankNodeRef<'a>> for BlankNode {
     }
 }
 
+impl TryFrom<Term> for BlankNode {
+    type Error = TryFromTermError;
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn try_from(term: Term) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        if let Term::BlankNode(node) = term {
+            Ok(node)
+        } else {
+            Err(TryFromTermError {
+                term,
+                target: "BlankNode",
+            })
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl PartialEq<BlankNode> for BlankNodeRef<'_> {
     #[inline]
     fn eq(&self, other: &BlankNode) -> bool {
@@ -352,6 +369,8 @@ pub struct BlankNodeIdParseError;
 mod tests {
     #![allow(clippy::panic_in_result_fn)]
 
+    use crate::{Literal, NamedNode};
+
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
@@ -360,6 +379,39 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(b.as_str(), "42");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn casting() {
+        let bnode: Result<BlankNode, TryFromTermError> =
+            Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42)).try_into();
+        assert_eq!(bnode.unwrap(), BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42));
+
+        let literal: Result<BlankNode, TryFromTermError> =
+            Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("Hello World!")).try_into();
+        assert_eq!(literal.is_err(), true);
+        let err = literal.unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(
+            err.to_string(),
+            "\"Hello World!\" can not be converted to a BlankNode"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            Term::from(err),
+            Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("Hello World!"))
+        );
+
+        let named_node: Result<BlankNode, TryFromTermError> =
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()).try_into();
+        assert_eq!(named_node.is_err(), true);
+        let named_node_error = named_node.unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(
+            named_node_error.to_string(),
+            "<http://example.org/test> can not be converted to a BlankNode"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            Term::from(named_node_error),
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap())
+        );
+    }
+
     #[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/cast_error.rs b/lib/oxrdf/src/cast_error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4c0852b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/oxrdf/src/cast_error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+use std::{fmt, str};
+
+use crate::{NamedNode, Subject, Term};
+
+// An error return if trying to cast a term as something it cannot be converted to.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, thiserror::Error)]
+#[error("{term} can not be converted to a {target}")]
+pub struct TryFromTermError {
+    pub(crate) term: Term,
+    pub(crate) target: &'static str,
+}
+
+impl From<TryFromTermError> for Term {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(error: TryFromTermError) -> Self {
+        error.term
+    }
+}
+
+// An error return if trying to construct an invalid triple.
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub struct TripleConstructionError {
+    pub(crate) subject: Result<Subject, TryFromTermError>,
+    pub(crate) predicate: Result<NamedNode, TryFromTermError>,
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub(crate) object: Term,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for TripleConstructionError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match (self.subject.clone().err(), self.predicate.clone().err()) {
+            (Some(e), Some(e2)) => write!(f, "subject: [{}], predicate: [{}]", e, e2),
+            (Some(e), _) => write!(f, "subject: [{}]", e),
+            (_, Some(e)) => write!(f, "predicate: [{}]", e),
+            _ => write!(f, "No Errors"),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/oxrdf/src/lib.rs b/lib/oxrdf/src/lib.rs
index aa6f712b..5a82ed19 100644
--- a/lib/oxrdf/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/oxrdf/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #![doc(html_logo_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oxigraph/oxigraph/main/logo.svg")]
 
 mod blank_node;
+mod cast_error;
 pub mod dataset;
 pub mod graph;
 mod interning;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ mod variable;
 pub mod vocab;
 
 pub use crate::blank_node::{BlankNode, BlankNodeIdParseError, BlankNodeRef};
+pub use crate::cast_error::{TripleConstructionError, TryFromTermError};
 pub use crate::dataset::Dataset;
 pub use crate::graph::Graph;
 pub use crate::literal::{Literal, LiteralRef};
diff --git a/lib/oxrdf/src/literal.rs b/lib/oxrdf/src/literal.rs
index 13ab07fe..ec817202 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, TryFromTermError};
 use oxilangtag::{LanguageTag, LanguageTagParseError};
 #[cfg(feature = "oxsdatatypes")]
 use oxsdatatypes::*;
@@ -422,6 +422,22 @@ impl From<DayTimeDuration> for Literal {
     }
 }
 
+impl TryFrom<Term> for Literal {
+    type Error = TryFromTermError;
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn try_from(term: Term) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        if let Term::Literal(node) = term {
+            Ok(node)
+        } else {
+            Err(TryFromTermError {
+                term,
+                target: "Literal",
+            })
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// A borrowed RDF [literal](https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#dfn-literal).
 ///
 /// The default string formatter is returning an N-Triples, Turtle, and SPARQL compatible representation:
@@ -638,6 +654,7 @@ mod tests {
     #![allow(clippy::panic_in_result_fn)]
 
     use super::*;
+    use crate::BlankNode;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_simple_literal_equality() {
@@ -659,6 +676,50 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn casting() {
+        let literal: Result<Literal, TryFromTermError> =
+            Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("Hello World!")).try_into();
+        assert_eq!(
+            literal.unwrap(),
+            Literal::new_simple_literal("Hello World!")
+        );
+
+        let bnode: Result<Literal, TryFromTermError> =
+            Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42)).try_into();
+        let bnode_err = bnode.unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(
+            bnode_err.term,
+            Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(bnode_err.target, "Literal");
+        assert_eq!(
+            bnode_err.to_string(),
+            "_:42 can not be converted to a Literal"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            Term::from(bnode_err),
+            Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42))
+        );
+
+        let named_node: Result<Literal, TryFromTermError> =
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()).try_into();
+        let named_node_err = named_node.unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(
+            named_node_err.term,
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(named_node_err.target, "Literal");
+        assert_eq!(
+            named_node_err.to_string(),
+            "<http://example.org/test> can not be converted to a Literal"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            Term::from(named_node_err),
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap())
+        );
+    }
+
     #[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..3f8637a4 100644
--- a/lib/oxrdf/src/named_node.rs
+++ b/lib/oxrdf/src/named_node.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::{Term, TryFromTermError};
 use oxiri::{Iri, IriParseError};
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::fmt;
@@ -234,3 +235,72 @@ impl<'a> From<Iri<&'a str>> for NamedNodeRef<'a> {
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl TryFrom<Term> for NamedNode {
+    type Error = TryFromTermError;
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn try_from(term: Term) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        if let Term::NamedNode(node) = term {
+            Ok(node)
+        } else {
+            Err(TryFromTermError {
+                term,
+                target: "NamedNode",
+            })
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #![allow(clippy::panic_in_result_fn)]
+
+    use crate::{BlankNode, Literal};
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn casting() {
+        let named_node: Result<NamedNode, TryFromTermError> =
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()).try_into();
+        assert_eq!(
+            named_node.unwrap(),
+            NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()
+        );
+
+        let literal: Result<NamedNode, TryFromTermError> =
+            Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("Hello World!")).try_into();
+        let literal_err = literal.unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(
+            literal_err.term,
+            Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("Hello World!"))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(literal_err.target, "NamedNode");
+        assert_eq!(
+            literal_err.to_string(),
+            "\"Hello World!\" can not be converted to a NamedNode"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            Term::from(literal_err),
+            Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("Hello World!"))
+        );
+
+        let bnode: Result<NamedNode, TryFromTermError> =
+            Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42)).try_into();
+        let bnode_err = bnode.unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(
+            bnode_err.term,
+            Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(bnode_err.target, "NamedNode");
+        assert_eq!(
+            bnode_err.to_string(),
+            "_:42 can not be converted to a NamedNode"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            Term::from(bnode_err),
+            Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42))
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/oxrdf/src/triple.rs b/lib/oxrdf/src/triple.rs
index 76039644..184c3edb 100644
--- a/lib/oxrdf/src/triple.rs
+++ b/lib/oxrdf/src/triple.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use crate::blank_node::BlankNode;
+use crate::cast_error::TripleConstructionError;
 use crate::literal::Literal;
 use crate::named_node::NamedNode;
-use crate::{BlankNodeRef, LiteralRef, NamedNodeRef};
+use crate::{BlankNodeRef, LiteralRef, NamedNodeRef, TryFromTermError};
 use std::fmt;
 
 /// The owned union of [IRIs](https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#dfn-iri) and [blank nodes](https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#dfn-blank-node).
@@ -223,6 +224,24 @@ impl From<BlankNodeRef<'_>> for Subject {
     }
 }
 
+impl TryFrom<Term> for Subject {
+    type Error = TryFromTermError;
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn try_from(term: Term) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        match term {
+            Term::NamedNode(node) => Ok(Subject::NamedNode(node)),
+            Term::BlankNode(node) => Ok(Subject::BlankNode(node)),
+            #[cfg(feature = "rdf-star")]
+            Term::Triple(triple) => Ok(Subject::Triple(triple)),
+            Term::Literal(_) => Err(TryFromTermError {
+                term,
+                target: "Subject",
+            }),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "rdf-star")]
 impl From<Triple> for Subject {
     #[inline]
@@ -738,6 +757,30 @@ impl Triple {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Builds an RDF [triple](https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#dfn-rdf-triple).
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn new_from_terms(
+        subject: impl Into<Term>,
+        predicate: impl Into<Term>,
+        object: impl Into<Term>,
+    ) -> Result<Self, TripleConstructionError> {
+        let subject: Result<Subject, TryFromTermError> = subject.into().try_into();
+        let predicate: Result<NamedNode, TryFromTermError> = predicate.into().try_into();
+        if let (Ok(subject), Ok(predicate)) = (subject.clone(), predicate.clone()) {
+            Ok(Self {
+                subject,
+                predicate,
+                object: object.into(),
+            })
+        } else {
+            Err(TripleConstructionError {
+                subject,
+                predicate,
+                object: object.into(),
+            })
+        }
+    }
+
     /// 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 +809,23 @@ impl fmt::Display for Triple {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "rdf-star")]
+impl TryFrom<Term> for Box<Triple> {
+    type Error = TryFromTermError;
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn try_from(term: Term) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        if let Term::Triple(node) = term {
+            Ok(node)
+        } else {
+            Err(TryFromTermError {
+                term,
+                target: "Box<Triple>",
+            })
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// 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 +1284,237 @@ impl<'a> From<QuadRef<'a>> for Quad {
         quad.into_owned()
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "rdf-star")]
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #![allow(clippy::panic_in_result_fn)]
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    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: Result<Box<Triple>, TryFromTermError> = Term::Triple(triple_box.clone()).try_into();
+        assert_eq!(t.unwrap(), triple_box.clone());
+
+        let literal: Result<Box<Triple>, TryFromTermError> =
+            Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("Hello World!")).try_into();
+        let literal_err = literal.unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(
+            literal_err.term,
+            Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("Hello World!"))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(literal_err.target, "Box<Triple>");
+        assert_eq!(
+            literal_err.to_string(),
+            "\"Hello World!\" can not be converted to a Box<Triple>"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            Term::from(literal_err),
+            Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("Hello World!"))
+        );
+
+        let bnode: Result<Box<Triple>, TryFromTermError> =
+            Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42)).try_into();
+        let bnode_err = bnode.unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(
+            bnode_err.term,
+            Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(bnode_err.target, "Box<Triple>");
+        assert_eq!(
+            bnode_err.to_string(),
+            "_:42 can not be converted to a Box<Triple>"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            Term::from(bnode_err),
+            Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42))
+        );
+
+        let named_node: Result<Box<Triple>, TryFromTermError> =
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()).try_into();
+        let named_node_err = named_node.unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(
+            named_node_err.term,
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(named_node_err.target, "Box<Triple>");
+        assert_eq!(
+            named_node_err.to_string(),
+            "<http://example.org/test> can not be converted to a Box<Triple>"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            Term::from(named_node_err),
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap())
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn constructing_triple() {
+        use super::*;
+
+        let optional_triple = Triple::new_from_terms(
+            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 optional_triple_2 = Triple::new_from_terms(
+            NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap(),
+            NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap(),
+            NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap(),
+        );
+
+        let bad_triple: Result<Triple, TripleConstructionError> = Triple::new_from_terms(
+            Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("abc123")),
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()),
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()),
+        );
+
+        let bad_triple_2 = Triple::new_from_terms(
+            Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("abc123")),
+            NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap(),
+            NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap(),
+        );
+
+        let bad_triple_3 = Triple::new_from_terms(
+            Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("abc123")),
+            BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42),
+            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()),
+        );
+
+        let triple_2: Triple = Triple::new(
+            NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap(),
+            NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap(),
+            NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap(),
+        );
+
+        let unwrapped = optional_triple.unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(unwrapped, triple);
+        assert_eq!(unwrapped, triple_2.clone());
+        assert_eq!(optional_triple_2.unwrap(), triple_2);
+        let bad_triple_err = bad_triple.unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(
+            bad_triple_err.to_string(),
+            "subject: [\"abc123\" can not be converted to a Subject]"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            bad_triple_err.subject.clone().unwrap_err().clone().term,
+            Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("abc123"))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            bad_triple_err.subject.clone().unwrap_err().clone().target,
+            "Subject"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            bad_triple_err.subject.unwrap_err().clone().to_string(),
+            "\"abc123\" can not be converted to a Subject"
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(bad_triple_2.is_err(), true);
+        let bad_triple_2_err = bad_triple_2.unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(
+            bad_triple_2_err.to_string(),
+            "subject: [\"abc123\" can not be converted to a Subject]"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            bad_triple_2_err.subject.clone().unwrap_err().clone().term,
+            Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("abc123"))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            bad_triple_2_err.subject.clone().unwrap_err().clone().target,
+            "Subject"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            bad_triple_2_err.subject.unwrap_err().clone().to_string(),
+            "\"abc123\" can not be converted to a Subject"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            bad_triple_2_err.predicate.unwrap(),
+            NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            bad_triple_2_err.object,
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap())
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(bad_triple_3.is_err(), true);
+        let bad_triple_3_err = bad_triple_3.unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(bad_triple_3_err.to_string(), "subject: [\"abc123\" can not be converted to a Subject], predicate: [_:42 can not be converted to a NamedNode]");
+        assert_eq!(
+            bad_triple_3_err.subject.clone().unwrap_err().clone().term,
+            Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("abc123"))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            bad_triple_3_err.subject.clone().unwrap_err().clone().target,
+            "Subject"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            bad_triple_3_err.subject.unwrap_err().clone().to_string(),
+            "\"abc123\" can not be converted to a Subject"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            bad_triple_3_err.predicate.clone().unwrap_err().clone().term,
+            Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            bad_triple_3_err
+                .predicate
+                .clone()
+                .unwrap_err()
+                .clone()
+                .target,
+            "NamedNode"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            bad_triple_3_err.predicate.unwrap_err().clone().to_string(),
+            "_:42 can not be converted to a NamedNode"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    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: Result<Subject, TryFromTermError> = Term::Triple(triple_box.clone()).try_into();
+        assert_eq!(t.unwrap(), Subject::Triple(triple_box.clone()));
+
+        let literal: Result<Subject, TryFromTermError> =
+            Term::Literal(Literal::new_simple_literal("Hello World!")).try_into();
+        assert_eq!(literal.is_err(), true);
+        assert_eq!(literal.is_err(), true);
+
+        let bnode: Result<Subject, TryFromTermError> =
+            Term::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42)).try_into();
+        assert_eq!(
+            bnode.unwrap(),
+            Subject::BlankNode(BlankNode::new_from_unique_id(0x42))
+        );
+
+        let named_node: Result<Subject, TryFromTermError> =
+            Term::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap()).try_into();
+        assert_eq!(
+            named_node.unwrap(),
+            Subject::NamedNode(NamedNode::new("http://example.org/test").unwrap())
+        );
+    }
+}