Resource Description Framework Model, Syntax, and Schema Specifications

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Resource Description Framework Model, Syntax, and Schema Specifications

Metadata about the RDF Spec

Dissecting the label 1/3

Dissecting the label 2/3

Dissecting the label 3/3

Introduction to RDF

Why metadata matters...

The RDF Working Group

1. The Data Model

A Trivial Example

An Indirect Example

Collection Containers

Example: Bag

Example: Alternative

Reification

Example: Reification

Recap: A Formal Model of RDF

Formal Model: Definitions

Formal Model: Typing

Formal Model: Reification

Formal Model: Collections

2. The Syntax

Why XML alone does not suffice

Basic RDF-in-XML Syntax

Example: Basic RDF-in-XML

Abbreviated Forms

RDF Abbreviation Rules

Example: Aggregates

Example: PICS Labels

Distributing RDF Metadata

Collected BNF Grammar 1/2

Collected BNF Grammar 2/2

Formal mapping to XML 1/2

Formal mapping to XML 2/2

3. The RDF Schema

Core Classes

Core PropertyTypes

Core Constraints

Documentation & Model

Recap: RDFS Class Hierarchy

Recap: RDFS Constraints

RDFS in RDF

Dublin Core on a Slide

Deployment Issues

Document Content Description

DCD: Beyond Text Processing

DCD: Basic Concepts 1/2

DCD: Basic Concepts 2/2

Implications & Applications

For more information...

Author: Rohit Khare

Email: rohit@uci.edu

Home Page: http://www.ics.uci.edu/~rohit/

Other information:
CSCW'98 Tutorial: XML: Modeling Data and Metadata November 15, 1998 // Seattle, WA

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