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rdf#

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What is it?#

To describe and exchange metadata - standardised exchange of data based on relationships. The semantic web is based on RDF

Can provide more interesting information about an entity and its relatiosnhips

How does it work?#

RDF statements are the form of triples of

  • subject - resource being described.
  • predicate - relationship between the subject and object.
  • object - value of the property.

This can be expressed in difference "syntaxes". Initially XML, then others.

The nodes can be of three types - URI; - Literal; - Blank node identifier.