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Is the SW AI on the Web?
RDF (Resource Description Framework)


  • RDF is a set of statements
  • 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, property, object
  • RDF is a general model for such statements

Ivan Herman, W3C 6 (56)