Fundamentals of Resource Description Framework
Designing URI Sets for the UK Public Sector
This document defines the design considerations and guidance by which UK public sector Universal Resource Identifier (URI) sets should be developed and maintained. They are [...]
Visualizing RDF Graphs
In this video tutorial, the presenter uses Omnigraffle to sketch out the RDF data model, explaining each component as he does so. The walk-through is [...]
Databases: Graph vs. Relational
This video describes the differences between graph database models (such as RDF) and relational models (RDBMS). The narrator gives examples of when it would be [...]
How Does a Graph Database Differ From a Relational Database?
This video describes the difference between a graph database model (such as RDF) and the relational database model (RDBMS). Focuses on the increased efficiency of [...]
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
A video lecture introducing RDF Schema and OWL, with visible slides throughout. The concepts behind ontologies are also discussed in a general, schema-agnostic manner. Places [...]
The Difference Between URLs and URIs
In this blog post, the author succinctly explains the difference between two terms that are often used interchangeably, but are actually different ways to identify [...]
Linked Data Basics for Techies
This guide is intended to be a crash course for a techie/programmer who needs to learn the basics ASAP. It is not intended as an [...]
prefix.cc: Namespace Lookup for RDF Developers
The intention of this service is to simplify a common task in the work of RDF developers: remembering and looking up URI prefixes. One can [...]
The URI, URL, and Linked Data Meme's Generic HTTP URI
In this post, the author tries to clear up some confusion between the terms URI and URL. Includes links to other posts as well as [...]
URL vs URI vs URN: The Science Behind The Terms
This blog post briefly explains the difference between three types of resource identifiers: the Uniform Resource Locator (URL), the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), and the [...]