/**
 * Convert the given relative IRI to an absolute IRI
 * by taking into account the given optional baseIRI.
 *
 * @param {string} relativeIRI The relative IRI to convert to an absolute IRI.
 * @param {string} baseIRI The optional base IRI.
 * @return {string} an absolute IRI.
 */
export declare function resolve(relativeIRI: string, baseIRI?: string): string;
/**
 * Remove dot segments from the given path,
 * as described in https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt (page 32).
 * @param {string} path An IRI path.
 * @return {string} A path, will always start with a '/'.
 */
export declare function removeDotSegments(path: string): string;
/**
 * Removes dot segments of the given IRI.
 * @param {string} iri An IRI (or part of IRI).
 * @param {number} colonPosition The position of the first ':' in the IRI.
 * @return {string} The IRI where dot segments were removed.
 */
export declare function removeDotSegmentsOfPath(iri: string, colonPosition: number): string;