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This chapter is probably the most important chapter in this whole book: it covers the Resource Description Framework (RDF) in detail; RDF is the building block for the Semantic Web. A solid understanding of RDF provides the key to the whole technical world that defines the foundation of the Semantic Web: once you have gained the understanding of RDF, all the rest of the technical components will become much easier to comprehend, and in fact, much more intuitive as well.
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Resource Description Framework (RDF) Model and Syntax Specification, a W3C Recommendation, 22 February 1999. http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-rdf-syntax-19990222/
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RDFCore Working Group, W3C Recommendations, http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/
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W3C Semantic Web Activity, http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
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Yu, L. (2014). The Building Block for the Semantic Web: RDF. In: A Developer’s Guide to the Semantic Web. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43796-4_2
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