RDF
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Date added 3 November 2006
Last edited 17 November 2009
Full Title
Resource Description Framework
Description
Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a language for representing metadata, about Web resources or identifying things in the World Wide Web. It is a machine processable interoperable language, enabling data to be modelled so that information can be readily exchanged between applications. Designed as a metadata model, it is usually expressed in XML, and is a major component of the developing semantic web, where the meaning of information and services on the web is defined. An RDF statement is based on triples so that the relationships between things being described are defined through 3 properties: the subject, the predicate and the object. This enables searches on the Web to be more meaningfully fulfilled.
Standards Developing Organisation
- W3C
- World Wide Web Consortium
Rights
No information available.
Lifecycle Actions
- Access, Use and Reuse
- Create or Receive
Standard Framework
- Digital Archive Standards
Standard Type
- XML DTD and Schema
Current Version
Further Information
Alternative Current Versions
None.
Previous Version
Referenced Standards
- IETF RFC 2119 - Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
- W3C: 1999, Namespaces in XML
- W3C: 2002, Exclusive XML Canonicalization Version 1.0
- Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0
- IANA MIME Media Types
- IETF RFC 2396 - Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax
- IETF RFC 3023 - XML Media Types
- Unicode Standard Annex #15
- Unicode Standard, Version 3
- W3C: 1999, Resource Description Framework (RDF) Model and Syntax
- W3C: 2001, XML Base
- W3C: 2004, RDF Semantics
- W3C: 2004, Resource Description Framework (RDF): Concepts and Abstract Syntax
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Managing Research Data (video)
Managing Research Data (video)
This short documentary, Digital Curation Centre: Managing Research Data, offers a unique insight into the importance of providing access to research data and the risks of not managing data effectively.
