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Basic RDF
Resource Description Framework


  • Statements can be modeled (mathematically) with:
    • Resources: an element, a URI, a literal, …
    • Properties: directed relations between two resources
    • Statements: “triples” of two resources bound by a property
      • usual terminology: (s,p,o) for subject, properties, object
  • RDF is a general model for such statements
    • … with machine readable formats (e.g., RDF/XML, n3, Turtle, RXR)
    • RDF/XML is the “official” W3C format

Ivan Herman, W3C 13 (134)