diff --git a/orcid-api-common/pom.xml b/orcid-api-common/pom.xml
index 8b16c55ae43..3a2e1e48399 100644
--- a/orcid-api-common/pom.xml
+++ b/orcid-api-common/pom.xml
@@ -89,11 +89,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10.1</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>
         <finalName>orcid-api-common</finalName>        
diff --git a/orcid-api-rdf/pom.xml b/orcid-api-rdf/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..693933a4b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orcid-api-rdf/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.orcid</groupId>
+        <artifactId>orcid-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <artifactId>orcid-api-rdf</artifactId>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>orcid-api-common</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
+            <version>2.10.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/orcid-api-common/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/common/writer/RDFMessageBodyWriter.java b/orcid-api-rdf/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/rdf/RDFMessageBodyWriter.java
similarity index 99%
rename from orcid-api-common/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/common/writer/RDFMessageBodyWriter.java
rename to orcid-api-rdf/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/rdf/RDFMessageBodyWriter.java
index 754000e89cb..c63c95e8a4c 100644
--- a/orcid-api-common/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/common/writer/RDFMessageBodyWriter.java
+++ b/orcid-api-rdf/src/main/java/org/orcid/api/rdf/RDFMessageBodyWriter.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  *
  * =============================================================================
  */
-package org.orcid.api.common.writer;
+package org.orcid.api.rdf;
 
 import static org.orcid.api.common.OrcidApiConstants.APPLICATION_RDFXML;
 
diff --git a/orcid-pub-web/pom.xml b/orcid-pub-web/pom.xml
index 46af24944b0..02c53823607 100644
--- a/orcid-pub-web/pom.xml
+++ b/orcid-pub-web/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
             <artifactId>orcid-api-common</artifactId>
             <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>orcid-api-rdf</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>orcid-utils</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5b8faa67a3..25bd928c24f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ the software.
         <module>orcid-persistence</module>
         <module>orcid-model</module>
         <module>orcid-api-common</module>
+        <module>orcid-api-rdf</module>
         <module>orcid-metrics-web</module>
         <module>orcid-pub-web</module>
         <module>orcid-api-web</module>