diff --git a/H/YapBlobs.h b/H/YapBlobs.h
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+//
+//  blobs.h
+//  yap
+//
+//  Created by VITOR SANTOS COSTA on 09/05/15.
+//  Copyright (c) 2015 VITOR SANTOS COSTA. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+// based on the SWI Blob implementation, an extension of atoms for SWI-Prolog
+
+#ifndef BLOBS_H
+#define BLOBS_H
+
+#if !defined(X_API) && !defined(SWIGYAP) 
+#if (defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__MINGW32__)) && defined(PL_KERNEL)
+#define X_API __declspec(dllexport)
+#else
+#define X_API
+#endif
+#endif
+
+/*******************************
+ *	       BLOBS		*
+ *******************************/
+
+#define YAP_BLOB_MAGIC_B	0x75293a00	/* Magic to validate a blob-type */
+#define PL_BLOB_VERSION (YAP_BLOB_MAGIC_B|PL_BLOB_VERSION)
+
+#define PL_BLOB_UNIQUE	0x01		/* Blob content is unique */
+#define PL_BLOB_TEXT	  0x02		/* blob contains text */
+#define PL_BLOB_NOCOPY	0x04		/* do not copy the data */
+#define PL_BLOB_WCHAR	0x08		/* wide character string */
+
+typedef struct YAP_blob_t
+{ uintptr_t		magic;		/* YAP_BLOB_MAGIC */
+    uintptr_t		flags;		/* YAP_BLOB_* */
+    char *		name;		/* name of the type */
+    int			(*release)(Atom a);
+    int			(*compare)(Atom a, Atom b);
+#ifdef SIO_MAGIC
+    int			(*write)(FILE *s, Atom a, int flags);
+#else
+    int			(*write)(void *s, Atom a, int flags);
+#endif
+    void			(*acquire)(Atom a);
+#ifdef SIO_MAGIC
+    int			(*save)(Atom a, FILE *s);
+    Atom		(*load)(FILE *s);
+#else
+    int			(*save)(Atom a, void*);
+    Atom		(*load)(void *s);
+#endif
+    /* private */
+    void *		reserved[10];	/* for future extension */
+    int			registered;	/* Already registered? */
+    int			rank;		/* Rank for ordering atoms */
+    struct YAP_blob_t *    next;		/* next in registered type-chain */
+    Atom		atom_name;	/* Name as atom */
+} blob_type_t;
+
+int Yap_write_blob(AtomEntry *ref, FILE *stream);
+char * Yap_blob_to_string(AtomEntry *ref, const char *s, size_t sz);
+X_API bool	  YAP_is_blob(YAP_Term t, blob_type_t **type);
+X_API bool		YAP_unify_blob(YAP_Term *t, void *blob, size_t len,
+                                blob_type_t *type);
+X_API bool		YAP_put_blob(YAP_Term *t, void *blob, size_t len,
+                              blob_type_t *type);
+X_API bool		YAP_get_blob(YAP_Term t, void **blob, size_t *len,
+                              blob_type_t **type);
+
+X_API void*	YAP_blob_data(Atom a,
+                               size_t *len,
+                               struct YAP_blob_t **type);
+
+X_API void		YAP_register_blob_type(blob_type_t *type);
+X_API blob_type_t*	YAP_find_blob_type(const char* name);
+//YAP_blob_type_t*	YAP_find_blob_type(Atom at);
+X_API bool		YAP_unregister_blob_type(blob_type_t *type);
+
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/blobs.h b/include/YapBlobs.h
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rename from include/blobs.h
rename to include/YapBlobs.h