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RDF Schema

RDF Schema (Resource Description Framework Schema, variously abbreviated as RDFS, RDF(S), RDF-S, or RDF/S) is a set of classes with certain properties using the RDF extensible knowledge representation data model, providing basic elements for the description of ontologies. It uses various forms of RDF vocabularies, intended to structure RDF resources. RDF…

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Examples of RDF vocabularies

FOAFRDFaDublin CoreSchema.orgSimple Knowledge Organization System
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Terminology

ClassFOAFPropertyNatural-languageLiteral values
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RDFS entailment

Entailment
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Overview

RDFKnowledge representationOntologiesResourcesTriplestore
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Abbreviation
RDFS
Base standards
RDF
Domain
Semantic Web · Ontologies in computer science · Knowledge representation
Editors
Dan Brickley · Ramanathan V. Guha · Andrew Layman (former editor)
First published
April 30, 2002; 24 years ago (2002-04-30)
Latest version
1.1 (Recommendation) February 25, 2014; 12 years ago (2014-02-25)

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RDFS entailment

Examples of RDF vocabularies

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RDF Schema

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples43
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

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RDF Schema

Top relations

related to Examples of RDF vocabularies · 20
RDF Schema → Congress, Dublin Core, FOAF, FOAF Vocabulary Specification, From, It, July, LIS, MADS/RDF, Metadata Authority Description Schema, OWL, OWL RDF/XML, RDF, RDFa, RDFS, Simple Knowledge Organization System, SKOS, SKOS XL Vocabulary, The Library, The UniProt
Organization · 5
RDF Schema → Google, Microsoft, Netscape, University of Bristol, W3C
Domain · 3
RDF Schema → Knowledge representation, Ontologies in computer science, Semantic Web
Editors · 3
RDF Schema → Andrew Layman (former editor), Dan Brickley, Ramanathan V. Guha
Related standards · 2
RDF Schema → OWL, SPARQL
Abbreviation · 1
RDF Schema → RDFS
Base standards · 1
RDF Schema → RDF
First published · 1
RDF Schema → April 30, 2002; 24 years ago (2002-04-30)
Latest version · 1
RDF Schema → 1.1 (Recommendation) February 25, 2014; 12 years ago (2014-02-25)
Status · 1
RDF Schema → W3C Recommendation

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Important terminology

rdfs rdf entailment classes owl schema resource example properties knowledge web description sparql following inferencing data language ontologies w3c also

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
RDF SchemaAbbreviationRDFS1.00infobox
RDF SchemaBase standardsRDF1.00infobox
RDF SchemaDomainSemantic Web1.00infobox
RDF SchemaDomainOntologies in computer science1.00infobox
RDF SchemaDomainKnowledge representation1.00infobox
RDF SchemaEditorsDan Brickley1.00infobox
RDF SchemaEditorsRamanathan V. Guha1.00infobox
RDF SchemaEditorsAndrew Layman (former editor)1.00infobox
RDF SchemaFirst publishedApril 30, 2002; 24 years ago (2002-04-30)1.00infobox
RDF SchemaLatest version1.1 (Recommendation) February 25, 2014; 12 years ago (2014-02-25)1.00infobox
RDF SchemaOrganizationW3C1.00infobox
RDF SchemaOrganizationGoogle1.00infobox
RDF SchemaOrganizationMicrosoft1.00infobox
RDF SchemaOrganizationNetscape1.00infobox
RDF SchemaOrganizationUniversity of Bristol1.00infobox
RDF SchemaRelated standardsOWL1.00infobox
RDF SchemaRelated standardsSPARQL1.00infobox
RDF SchemaStatusW3C Recommendation1.00infobox
RDF SchemaWebsitewww.w3.org/TR/rdf-schema/1.00infobox
RDF SchemaYear startedJanuary 5, 1999; 27 years ago (1999-01-05)1.00infobox

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