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W3C Issues Recommendation for Resource Description Framework (RDF)

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Published:: 24 February 1999

The Resource Description Framework (RDF) Model and Syntax specification is the result of cross-industry and expert agreement on a wide range of features for using and providing metadata on the Web. "The Web is quickly becoming the world's fastest growing repository of data," explained Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. "RDF provides the necessary foundation and infrastructure to support the description and management of this data. RDF can transform the Web into a more useful and powerful information resource."
(Press Release)

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