RDF: Ready for Prime Time
Shelley Powers,
XML.Com,
Jul 31, 2003
After RSS, we will be hearing a lot about RDF (first we will hear many more long debates about whether RSS should be expressed in RDF, but never mind that). If you need an off the cuff understanding of RDF, think of it this way: XML is a way to ascribe properties to objects, while RDF is a way to make statements about objects. Note that this is a very loose characterization. Anyhow, this article responds to the demand for tools and examples of how RDF is used. RDF is still for the technically advanced, but it won't be long now for the rest of us. Oh, and since this article doesn't really say what RDF actually is, if you want some background, you might want to have a look at my paper, Resource Descriptions.
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