RDF Last modified: Monday, October 29, 2007
Short for Resource Description Framework. RDF is a general framework for describing a Web site's metadata, or the information about the information on the site. It provides interoperability between applications that exchange machine-understandable information on the Web. RDF details information such as a site's sitemap, the dates of when updates were made, keywords that search engines look for and the Web page's intellectual property rights. Developed under the guidance of the World Wide Web Consortium, RDF was designed to allow developers to build search engines that rely on the metadata and to allow Internet users to share Web site information more readily. RDF relies on XML as an interchange syntax, creating an ontology system for the exchange of information on the Web.
•E-mail this definition to a colleague• For internet.com pages about RDF . Also check out the following links! An Introduction to the Resource Description Framework This article from 1998 is a good resource for beginning to understand RDF. Dave Beckett's Resource Description Framework (RDF) Resource Guide This guide contains links to many RDF resources including examples, documents, software, tools and projects that use it. Resource Description Framework Model and Syntax Specification Proposed Recommendation of the W3C from January 5, 1999.	Data Semantic Web XML application meta data RDFPic RSS W3C XML Give Us Your Feedback Shopping RDF Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Garden 24 Store Offers Office Supplies 0 Store Offers Building Supplies 12 Store Offers Jewelry 28 Store Offers Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions 1 Model Matches