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Where is the “Web”?
The “Web” is in the URI-s!


  • On the SW, resources are identified by URI-s, e.g.:
    • URL-s
      • http://www.ivan-herman.net
      • ftp://ftp.cwi.nl
    • URN-s
      • urn:ISBN:0-395-36341-1
      • urn:lsid:ensembl.org:homosapiens_gene:ensg00000002016
  • Anybody can create metadata on any resource on the Web
  • It becomes easy to merge metadata
  • URI-s ground RDF into the Web

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