--- a/playground/jsonld.js	Fri Feb 15 15:41:38 2013 -0500
+++ b/playground/jsonld.js	Fri Feb 15 15:57:13 2013 -0500
@@ -35,8 +35,12 @@
  */
 (function() {
 
-// define jsonld API
-var jsonld = {};
+// determine if in-browser or using node.js
+var _nodejs = (typeof module !== 'undefined');
+var _browser = !_nodejs;
+
+// attaches jsonld API to the given object
+var wrapper = function(jsonld) {
 
 /* Core API */
 
@@ -1295,16 +1299,7 @@
   delete _rdfParsers[contentType];
 };
 
-// determine if in-browser or using node.js
-var _nodejs = (typeof module !== 'undefined');
-var _browser = !_nodejs;
-
-// export nodejs API
 if(_nodejs) {
-  module.exports = jsonld;
-  // use node URL client by default
-  jsonld.useUrlClient('node');
-
   // needed for serialization of XML literals
   if(typeof XMLSerializer === 'undefined') {
     var XMLSerializer = null;
@@ -1327,17 +1322,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-// export AMD API
-if(typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
-  define('jsonld', [], function() {
-    return jsonld;
-  });
-}
-// export simple browser API
-else if(_browser) {
-  window.jsonld = window.jsonld || jsonld;
-}
-
 // constants
 var XSD_BOOLEAN = 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#boolean';
 var XSD_DOUBLE = 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#double';
@@ -6143,4 +6127,37 @@
   };
 }
 
+if(_nodejs) {
+  // use node URL client by default
+  jsonld.useUrlClient('node');
+}
+
+// end of jsonld API factory
+return jsonld;
+};
+
+// external APIs:
+
+// used to generate a new jsonld API instance
+var factory = function() {
+  return wrapper({});
+};
+// the shared global jsonld API instance
+wrapper(factory);
+
+// export nodejs API
+if(_nodejs) {
+  module.exports = factory;
+}
+// export AMD API
+if(typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
+  define('jsonld', [], function() {
+    return factory;
+  });
+}
+// export simple browser API
+else if(_browser) {
+  window.jsonld = window.jsonld || factory;
+}
+
 })();