Relationship to XML Activity

...
<foaf:Person>
   <foaf:name>Takashi OTA</foaf:name>
   <foaf:name xml:lang="ja">太田尚志</foaf:name>
   <foaf:nick>takot, Takashi</foaf:nick>
   <foaf:nick xml:lang="ja">たこちー</foaf:nick>
</foaf:Person>
...

RDF rests on XML technologies for one serialization. XML provides:

• namespaces
• internationalization (examples in this talk are in UTF-8)
• precedent to rely on a vast body of web infrastructure