RDF/XML

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RDF/XML
Filename extension .rdf
Internet media type application/rdf+xml
Developed by World Wide Web Consortium
Type of format Semantic Web
Container for RDF data
Extended from XML
Standard(s) Specification

RDF/XML is a syntax,[1] defined by the W3C, to express (i.e. serialize) an RDF graph as an XML document. According to the W3C, "RDF/XML is the normative syntax for writing RDF".[2] RDF (Resource Description Framework) is the data model used to represent for semantic web resources.

RDF/XML is seen by some as the machine readable form of RDF with Notation 3 as a more human-readable form. Joshua Tauberer, for instance, said that RDF/XML "may have a more intuitive feel but tends to obscure the underlying graph".[3]

References [edit]

  1. ^ RDF/XML Syntax Specification, W3C
  2. ^ RDF Primer, W3C
  3. ^ Joshua Tauberer, What is RDF?, O'Reilly XML.com, July 26, 2006

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