The Semantic web and an introduction to RDF

Krichel, Thomas (2002) The Semantic web and an introduction to RDF.

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Abstract

The semantic web is an effort promoted by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to make more
machine-processable information available on the web. The key infrastructure to build the Semantic Web
is the Resource Description Framework (RDF). This is a proposed standard for metadata encoding. This
chapter was mainly composed from documentation released by the W3C. It’s prime purpose is to provide an
introduction to RDF for a non-technical audience, augmented by a—somewhat personal—discussion of the
value of RDF. I argue that although RDF is technically highly competent, it is not sure whether it will take
off, because RDF implementations have too many problems as to their social and economic viability.

Keywords:	web semantico, semantic web, RDF
Subjects:	I. Information treatment for information services
ID Code:	364
Deposited By:	Krichel, Thomas
Deposited On:	15 October 2003
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