Resource Description Framework

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Resource Description Framework

Summary

Resource Description Framework is a computer language[1]. It draws 38 Wikipedia views per month (computer_language category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Resource Description Framework is the creator of World Wide Web Consortium[3].
  • Resource Description Framework's instance of is recorded as computer language[4].
  • Resource Description Framework's instance of is recorded as data serialization format[5].
  • Resource Description Framework's instance of is recorded as file format[6].
  • Resource Description Framework's instance of is recorded as W3C Recommendation[7].
  • Resource Description Framework's instance of is recorded as field of study[8].
  • Resource Description Framework's instance of is recorded as field of study[9].
  • Resource Description Framework's instance of is recorded as data model[10].
  • Resource Description Framework's instance of is recorded as technical standard[11].
  • Resource Description Framework's developer is recorded as World Wide Web Consortium[12].
  • Resource Description Framework is a type of conceptual graph[13].
  • Resource Description Framework is part of Web standards[14].
  • Resource Description Framework is used for structural interoperability[15].
  • Resource Description Framework is used for data exchange[16].
  • Resource Description Framework's Commons category is recorded as Resource Description Framework[17].
  • 1997 marks the founding of Resource Description Framework[18].
  • Resource Description Framework's has edition or translation is recorded as RDF 1.0[19].
  • Resource Description Framework's has edition or translation is recorded as RDF 1.1[20].
  • Resource Description Framework's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Resource Description Framework[21].
  • Resource Description Framework's notation is recorded as Turtle[22].
  • Resource Description Framework's notation is recorded as JSON-LD[23].
  • Resource Description Framework's notation is recorded as Notation3[24].
  • Resource Description Framework's notation is recorded as N-Triples[25].
  • Resource Description Framework's notation is recorded as RDF/XML[26].
  • Resource Description Framework's notation is recorded as Triples in XML[27].

Body

Geography

Resource Description Framework is part of Web standards[14].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include computer language[4], data serialization format[5], file format[6], W3C Recommendation[7], field of study[8], and data model[10].

History and Context

1997 marks the founding of Resource Description Framework[18].

Why It Matters

Resource Description Framework draws 38 Wikipedia views per month (computer_language category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist: Effective Modeling in RDFS and OWL (2d edition). Retrieved . programminghistorian.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . w3.org. w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . w3.org. w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → conceptual graph
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q1420493]]"
  2. 16w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id → Resource+Description+Framework, RDF
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12946]]: RDF, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/36ecd009bcfe7/|details]])"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Web standards
    Creator → —
    Inception → +1997-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Has edition or translation → RDF 1.0, RDF 1.1
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007532775605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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