Tutorial 1: Introducing Graph Data
The semantic web can seem unfamiliar and daunting territory at first. If you're eager to understand what the semantic web is and how it works, you must first understand how it stores data. We start from the ground up by outlining the graph database - the data storage model used by the semantic web.
After this tutorial, you should be able to:- Describe in basic terms what the semantic web is.
- Experience the paradigm-shift of storing information as a graph database, rather than a hierarchical or relational database.
- Understand that the semantic web of data is defined using Resource Description Framework (RDF).
- Understand the basic principles of RDF statements and how they can define data graphs.
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RDF is een standaard van het W3C:
http://www.w3.org/RDF/
RDF is a common acronym within the semantic web community because it forms one of the basic building blocks for forming the web of semantic data. What it defines is a type of database which you may not be immediately familar with: something called a Graph Database.