Basic RDF-in-XML Syntax

• A Description block about a Resource

• [1] RDF ::= [''] description* ['']

• [2] description ::= '' property*

• ''

• [3] idAboutAttr ::= idAttr |ÝaboutAttr

• [4] aboutAttr ::= 'about="' URI-reference '"'

• [5] idAttr ::= 'ID="' IDsymbol '"'

• contains PropertyName block or empty elements

• [6] property ::= '<' propName '>' value '' | '<' propName resourceAttr '/>'

• using fully-qualified XML Namespaces on each tag

• [7] propName ::= Qname

• and allows values to be XML data, RDF, or external links

• [8] value ::= description |Ýstring

• [9] resourceAttr ::= 'resource="' URI-reference '"'

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