diff --git a/lib/rdf/iri.ex b/lib/rdf/iri.ex
index 2a4e138..8007860 100644
--- a/lib/rdf/iri.ex
+++ b/lib/rdf/iri.ex
@@ -238,6 +238,16 @@ defmodule RDF.IRI do
   def equal_value?(%__MODULE__{value: left}, %URI{} = right),
     do: left == URI.to_string(right)
 
+  def equal_value?(left, %__MODULE__{} = right) when maybe_ns_term(left),
+      do: equal_value?(right, left)
+
+  def equal_value?(%__MODULE__{} = left, right) when maybe_ns_term(right) do
+    case Namespace.resolve_term(right) do
+      {:ok, iri} -> equal_value?(left, iri)
+      _ -> nil
+    end
+  end
+
   def equal_value?(_, _),
     do: nil
 
diff --git a/lib/rdf/literal.ex b/lib/rdf/literal.ex
index d109388..8cc9280 100644
--- a/lib/rdf/literal.ex
+++ b/lib/rdf/literal.ex
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ defmodule RDF.Literal do
   alias RDF.{IRI, LangString}
   alias RDF.Literal.{Generic, Datatype}
 
+  import RDF.Guards
+
   @type t :: %__MODULE__{:literal => Datatype.literal()}
 
   @rdf_lang_string RDF.Utils.Bootstrapping.rdf_iri("langString")
@@ -103,6 +105,13 @@ defmodule RDF.Literal do
   def coerce(%NaiveDateTime{} = value),     do: RDF.XSD.DateTime.new(value)
   def coerce(%URI{} = value),               do: RDF.XSD.AnyURI.new(value)
 
+  def coerce(value) when maybe_ns_term(value) do
+    case RDF.Namespace.resolve_term(value) do
+      {:ok, iri} -> iri |> IRI.parse() |> coerce()
+      _ -> nil
+    end
+  end
+
   # Although the following catch-all-clause for all structs could handle the builtin datatypes
   # we're generating dedicated clauses for them here, as they are approx. 15% faster
   Enum.each(Datatype.Registry.builtin_datatypes(), fn datatype ->
diff --git a/lib/rdf/term.ex b/lib/rdf/term.ex
index 9852bf1..01a27c4 100644
--- a/lib/rdf/term.ex
+++ b/lib/rdf/term.ex
@@ -134,11 +134,18 @@ defimpl RDF.Term, for: Atom do
 
   def coerce(true),  do: RDF.XSD.true
   def coerce(false), do: RDF.XSD.false
-  def coerce(_),     do: nil
+  def coerce(nil),   do: nil
+  def coerce(term) do
+    case RDF.Namespace.resolve_term(term) do
+      {:ok, iri} -> iri
+      _ -> nil
+    end
+  end
 
   def value(true),  do: true
   def value(false), do: false
-  def value(_),     do: nil
+  def value(nil),   do: nil
+  def value(term),  do: RDF.Term.value(coerce(term))
 
   def term?(_), do: false
 end
diff --git a/lib/rdf/xsd/datatypes/any_uri.ex b/lib/rdf/xsd/datatypes/any_uri.ex
index d1e15ff..1208d7f 100644
--- a/lib/rdf/xsd/datatypes/any_uri.ex
+++ b/lib/rdf/xsd/datatypes/any_uri.ex
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ defmodule RDF.XSD.AnyURI do
 
   alias RDF.IRI
 
+  import RDF.Guards
+
   use RDF.XSD.Datatype.Primitive,
     name: "anyURI",
     id: RDF.Utils.Bootstrapping.xsd_iri("anyURI")
@@ -20,6 +22,14 @@ defmodule RDF.XSD.AnyURI do
   @impl RDF.XSD.Datatype
   @spec elixir_mapping(any, Keyword.t()) :: value
   def elixir_mapping(%URI{} = uri, _), do: uri
+
+  def elixir_mapping(value, _) when maybe_ns_term(value) do
+    case RDF.Namespace.resolve_term(value) do
+      {:ok, iri} -> IRI.parse(iri)
+      _ -> @invalid_value
+    end
+  end
+
   def elixir_mapping(_, _), do: @invalid_value
 
   @impl RDF.Literal.Datatype
@@ -35,5 +45,15 @@ defmodule RDF.XSD.AnyURI do
   def do_equal_value?(%__MODULE__{} = any_uri, %IRI{value: iri}),
     do: lexical(any_uri) == iri
 
+  def do_equal_value?(left, %__MODULE__{} = right) when maybe_ns_term(left),
+      do: equal_value?(right, left)
+
+  def do_equal_value?(%__MODULE__{} = left, right) when maybe_ns_term(right) do
+    case RDF.Namespace.resolve_term(right) do
+      {:ok, iri} -> equal_value?(left, iri)
+      _ -> nil
+    end
+  end
+
   def do_equal_value?(literal1, literal2), do: super(literal1, literal2)
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/equality_test.exs b/test/unit/equality_test.exs
index 8b7c1f0..0699a8e 100644
--- a/test/unit/equality_test.exs
+++ b/test/unit/equality_test.exs
@@ -18,10 +18,14 @@ defmodule RDF.EqualityTest do
     @equal_iris_by_coercion [
       {RDF.iri("http://example.com/"), URI.parse("http://example.com/")},
       {XSD.anyURI("http://example.com/"), URI.parse("http://example.com/")},
+      {RDF.iri("http://example.com/Foo"), EX.Foo},
+      {XSD.anyURI("http://example.com/Foo"), EX.Foo},
     ]
     @unequal_iris_by_coercion [
       {RDF.iri("http://example.com/foo"), URI.parse("http://example.com/bar")},
       {XSD.anyURI("http://example.com/foo"), URI.parse("http://example.com/bar")},
+      {RDF.iri("http://example.com/Bar"), EX.Foo},
+      {XSD.anyURI("http://example.com/Bar"), EX.Foo},
     ]
     @incomparable_iris [
       {RDF.iri("http://example.com/"), XSD.string("http://example.com/")},
diff --git a/test/unit/literal_test.exs b/test/unit/literal_test.exs
index 7beaf30..3c45119 100644
--- a/test/unit/literal_test.exs
+++ b/test/unit/literal_test.exs
@@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ defmodule RDF.LiteralTest do
                XSD.any_uri("http://example.com")
     end
 
+    test "with a resolvable vocabulary namespace term atom" do
+      assert Literal.coerce(EX.Foo) == EX.Foo |> RDF.iri() |> IRI.parse() |> XSD.any_uri()
+    end
+
+    test "with a non-resolvable atom" do
+      refute Literal.coerce(Foo)
+      refute Literal.coerce(:foo)
+    end
+
     test "with RDF.Literals" do
       assert XSD.integer(42) |> Literal.coerce() == XSD.integer(42)
     end
@@ -177,7 +186,8 @@ defmodule RDF.LiteralTest do
     end
 
     test "with inconvertible values" do
-      assert self() |> Literal.coerce() == nil
+      refute Literal.coerce(nil)
+      refute Literal.coerce(self())
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/test/unit/term_test.exs b/test/unit/term_test.exs
index fa7df1e..99fd074 100644
--- a/test/unit/term_test.exs
+++ b/test/unit/term_test.exs
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ defmodule RDF.TermTest do
       assert RDF.Term.coerce(~L"foo") == ~L"foo"
     end
 
+    test "with a resolvable vocabulary namespace term atom" do
+      assert RDF.Term.coerce(EX.Foo) == RDF.iri(EX.Foo)
+    end
+
+    test "with a non-resolvable atom" do
+      refute RDF.Term.coerce(nil)
+      refute RDF.Term.coerce(Foo)
+      refute RDF.Term.coerce(:foo)
+    end
+
     test "with boolean" do
       assert RDF.Term.coerce(true) == XSD.true
       assert RDF.Term.coerce(false) == XSD.false
@@ -83,6 +93,16 @@ defmodule RDF.TermTest do
       assert XSD.integer("foo") |> RDF.Term.value() == "foo"
     end
 
+    test "with a resolvable vocabulary namespace term atom" do
+      assert RDF.Term.value(EX.Foo) == EX.Foo |> RDF.iri() |> to_string()
+    end
+
+    test "with a non-resolvable atom" do
+      refute RDF.Term.value(nil)
+      refute RDF.Term.value(Foo)
+      refute RDF.Term.value(:foo)
+    end
+
     test "with boolean" do
       assert RDF.Term.value(true) == true
       assert RDF.Term.value(false) == false
diff --git a/test/unit/xsd/datatypes/any_uri_test.exs b/test/unit/xsd/datatypes/any_uri_test.exs
index ad821c7..fad447f 100644
--- a/test/unit/xsd/datatypes/any_uri_test.exs
+++ b/test/unit/xsd/datatypes/any_uri_test.exs
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ defmodule RDF.XSD.AnyURITest do
       "http://example.com/foo" =>
         {URI.parse("http://example.com/foo"), nil, "http://example.com/foo"},
       URI.parse("http://example.com/foo") =>
-        {URI.parse("http://example.com/foo"), nil, "http://example.com/foo"}
+        {URI.parse("http://example.com/foo"), nil, "http://example.com/foo"},
+      RDF.List =>
+        {URI.parse("http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#List"), nil, "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#List"},
     },
-    invalid: [42, 3.14, true, false]
+    invalid: [42, 3.14, Foo, :foo, true, false]
 
 
   describe "cast/1" do