RDF Reference Manual


RDF Namespace

RDF Namespace (xmlns:rdf)::http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#

RDF Namespace (xmlns:rdfs)::http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#


RDF Extensions and MIME Types

The recommended file extension for RDF files is.rdfHowever, the extension.XMLis often used for compatibility with older XML parsers.

MIME Type:"application/rdf+xml"。


RDFS / RDF Classes

Element Class Subclass
rdfs:Class All classes  
     
rdfs:Datatype Data types Class
rdfs:Resource All resources Class
     
rdfs:Container Containers Resource
rdfs:Literal Literal values (text and numbers) Resource
     
rdf:List Lists Resource
rdf:Property Properties Resource
rdf:Statement Statements Resource
     
rdf:Alt Containers of alternatives Container
rdf:Bag Unordered containers Container
rdf:Seq Ordered containers Container
     
rdfs:ContainerMembershipProperty Container membership properties Property
rdf:XMLLiteral XML literal values Literal


RDFS / RDF Properties

Element Domain Range Description
rdfs:domain Property Class Resource domain
rdfs:range Property Class Range of a resource
rdfs:subPropertyOf Property Property The property is a sub-property of a property
       
rdfs:subClassOf Class Class The resource is a subclass of a class
rdfs:comment Resource Literal A human-readable description of the resource
rdfs:label Resource Literal A human-readable label (name) for the resource
rdfs:isDefinedBy Resource Resource The definition of the resource
rdfs:seeAlso Resource Resource Other information about the resource
rdfs:member Resource Resource A member of the resource
       
rdf:first List Resource  
rdf:rest List List  
rdf:subject Statement Resource The subject of an RDF statement
rdf:predicate Statement Resource The predicate of a resource in an RDF statement
rdf:object Statement Resource The object of an RDF statement
rdf:value Resource Resource value property
rdf:type Resource Class The resource is an instance of a class

RDF Properties

Element Domain Range Description
       
rdf:about     Defines the resource being described
rdf:Description     Container for resource descriptions
rdf:resource     Defines the resource to identify a property
rdf:datatype     Defines the data type of an element
rdf:ID     Defines the ID of an element
rdf:li     Defines a list
rdf:_n     Defines a node
rdf:nodeID     Defines the ID of an element node
rdf:parseType     Defines how an element should be parsed
rdf:RDF     The root of an RDF document
xml:base     Defines the XML base
xml:lang     Defines the language of the element content
       
rdf:aboutEach     (Deleted)
rdf:aboutEachPrefix     (Deleted)
rdf:bagID     (Deleted)

Those described as "Deleted" are elements recently removed from the RDF standard.

Other extensions