tags: #publish links: [[Software and Tech]] created: 2020-09-10 Thu related: [[Web Ontology Language (OWL)]] --- # Resource Description Framework (RDF) One of [[W3C Standards]]: RDF is a standard model for data interchange on the Web. Part of [[Semantic Web]] Originated as a metadata data model. https://www.w3.org/RDF/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Description_Framework - linking structure forms a **directed, labeled graph**, where the edges represent the named link between two resources, represented by the graph nodes - facilitates data merging even if the underlying schemas differ - supports schema evolution without changing consumers - extends the linking structure of the Web to use URIs to name the relationship between things as well as the two ends of the link (this is usually referred to as a “triple”)