W3C - RDF

RDF (Resource Description Framework):



• Highlight of WWW 7
• Provides a metadata framework ("machine understandable metadata for the web")
• Based on ideas from content rating (PICS), resource discovery (Dublin Core) and site mapping (MCF)
• Applications include:
  • cataloging resources – resource discovery
  • electronic commerce – intelligent agents
  • digital signatures – content rating
  • intellectual property rights – privacy
• See <URL: http://www.w3.org/Talks/1998/0417-WWW7-RDF>

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