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Resource Description Framework
- Statements can be modeled (mathematically) with:
- Resources: an element, a URI, a literal, …
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Properties: directed relations between two resources
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Statements: “triples” of two resources bound by a property
- usual terminology: (s,p,o) for subject, properties, object
- you can also think about a property/value pair attached to a
resource
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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
Basic RDF