Fundamentals of Resource Description Framework
Markup Languages: Comparison and Examples
A comparison table created to understand the tradeoffs and differences among markup languages. It compares XML (eXtensible Markup Language), RDF (Resource Description Framework), and DAML [...]
Semantic Web Tutorial 11/14: RDF Schema and OWL 3/4
Follows where previous video left off with its description of classes, properties, domain and range. Discusses how RDF Schema approaches membership of a class differently [...]
Semantic Web Tutorial 10/14: RDF Schema and OWL 2/4
Follows where previous video left off, describing how RDF Schema is itself a vocabulary and how it can be used to define new classes of [...]
Semantic Web Tutorial 9/14: RDF Schema and OWL 1/4
Video tutorial describing the role of vocabularies in Semantic Web development, particularly the reuse of existing vocabularies. How to access predefined classes and properties through [...]
RDF Schema (RDFS)
Textual tutorial describing how RDF Schema (RDFS) extends RDF vocabulary to allow for describing taxonomies of classes and properties. RDFS also extends definitions for some [...]
Ontologies and Data Models- Are They the Same?
This blog post from "Voyages of the Semantic Enterprise" discusses issues related to the title question, including a brief history of data modelling and how [...]
Learning from the Masters: Understanding Ontologies found on the Web (Part 2)
The purpose of this presentation was to help conference attendees gain sufficient experience of working with OWL and tools (e.g., the Swoop ontology editor/browser) to [...]
FOAF-a-Matic
FOAF-a-matic is a simple JavaScript application that allows you to create a FOAF (Friend-of-A-Friend) description of yourself. FOAF is a way to describe yourself using [...]
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
This site introduces ontologies and the Semantic Web, with an emphasis on how ontologies are defined and used for applications. There are about about thirty [...]
The Profile Manager and the Resource Description Framework
This documentation from the Microsoft Developers Network (MSDN) provides basic information on the RDF Data Model and how it is used by the the Profile [...]