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In this column, Uche Ogbuji completes his introduction to XML and semantics, setting the stage for the more practical columns that will follow. Thinking XML addresses knowledge management aspects of XML, including metadata, semantics, Resource Description
In the last two installments of my Thinking XML column, I covered semantic transparency -- the ability to share the meaning of the bits that go between those freewheeling XML angle brackets and quotation marks. Recent events in XML directly touch on the t
This discussion of XML and semantics kicks off a column by Uche Ogbuji on knowledge management aspects of XML, including metadata, semantics, Resource Description Framework (RDF), Topic Maps, and autonomous agents. Approaching the topic from a practical p
Repeat after me: "There is no syntax." In order to use and gain advantage from RDF, you do not have to use any particular syntax -- not even the syntax specified in the RDF 1.0 specification. Uche Ogbuji discusses the importance of XML/RDF interchange, of
Much as people and economies depend on information, the exchange of data has often been hindered by the incompatible formats of proprietary hardware and software. That was less of a problem when computers rarely communicated with each other, but now it's
This guide contains links to many RDF resources including examples, documents, software, tools and projects that use RDF, a standard for describing resources on the web.
Uche Ogbuji moves on to a discussion of a far more sophisticated RDF query language than the primitive API he has discussed thus far. This is the foundation for establishing the middleware for the Issue Tracker article in coming installments. So far, in
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The motivation is to enable the common and consistent description of persons (using the existing semantics of vCard) and to encode these in RDF/XML. RDF is an application of the Extensible Markup Language XML.
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