Statements about statements

David Duce says that Bob Hopgood is the creator of TheWebPage

• This is statement about Bob Hopgood is the creator of TheWebPage
• Remember: a statement is subject + predicate + object
• We have to describe the statement we want to talk about by identifying these components
• Also called "reification", or "reified statement"

  <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
    xmlns:s="http://description.org/schema/">
    <rdf:Description>
      <rdf:subject resource="http:TheWebPage"/>
      <rdf:predicate resource="http://description.org/schema#creator"/>
      <rdf:object>Bob Hopgood</rdf:object>
      <rdf:type
          resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Statement"/>
      <s:says>David Duce</s:says>
    </rdf:Description>
  </rdf:RDF>