RDF (Resource Description Framework) is the data model of the Semantic Web. . In this lesson you will learn: 1) What RDF is and how it fundamentally differs from XML and relational databases; 2) What is meant by a "graph data model"; 3) How RDF is typically represented visually; 4) The importance of the URI, and the significance (or lack thereof) of identity "universality".

URL: http://www.cambridgesemantics.com/semantic-university/rdf-101
Keywords: HTTP URIs, Vocabulary, Graph model
Publisher: Cambridge Semantics
Language: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng
Time required: P20M

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