RDF

Links

Standards

• RDF Primer
• Resource Description Framework (RDF) Overview
• The Resource Description Framework (RDF) Model and Syntax.
• SPARQL Query Language for RDF (last checkedwas: W3C Working Draft 17 February 2005)

Overviews

• INDEX: www.schema.net (XML top site)
• An Introduction to the Resource Description Framework, Eric Miller, D-Lib Magazine
• Mozilla's RDF pointers
• Oasis Resource Description Framework (RDF)

Related W3C Stuff and other protocols

• W3C Data Formats A note on the planned XML-centered framework. (including RDF app.)
• W3C Document Object Model (DOM)
• PICS (Platform for Internet Content Selection)
• Z39.50 D-Lib Magazine article Z39.50 is a standard for information retrieval
• Z39.50 Maintenance Agency
• for more: see XML pointers and [/guides/dom/pointeurs.html Document Object Model Specification]

Software

• The ICS-FORTH Validating RDF Parser (VRP) (Java, by Karsten Tolle)
• http://www.semanticplanet.com/2003/05/parsingFOAFWithPHPParsing FOAF with PHP Tutorial and code that explains how to use a RDF library.

IMS meta-data

• IMS Home Page
• Specifications (long technical document that contains the server/client architecture)
• Metadata Specification (Overview Page)
• Introduction.

Other MetaData

1. IEEE LTSC Drafs and Comments
2. CrossRef collaborative reference linking service. Stable on-line citation for a lot of journal articles. Minimal service is pointer to full bibliographic information and possible abstracts instructions on how to retrieve for pay ....

IMS (and alike) software

• See also: GEM (The Gateway to Educational Materials).

Visualization of RDF

• Supercharging WSDL with RDF Managing structured Web service metadata article by Uche Obbuji
• Rudolf: RDFViz Exploring tools for RDF Graph Visualisation by Dan Brickely, project page.
• XML co-creator maps the Web in 3D by Evan Hansen, C|Net