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jvandegriff edited this page Dec 9, 2025 · 2 revisions

Links from Baptiste and Elsa as of 2025-12-09:

References as suggested by AI for learning about semantic concepts, dictionaries and ontologies:

  • RDF 1.1 Primer (tutorial-level intro)
    • https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-primer/
    • Explains RDF graphs, triples, IRIs, literals, blank nodes, and basic modeling patterns, with lots of small examples. Good first stop if you already know web tech and want to see what RDF “looks like” conceptually.
  • RDF 1.1 Concepts and Abstract Syntax
    • https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/
    • Formalizes the RDF data model (graphs, datasets, literals, etc.). Less of a tutorial and more what RDF is, independent of any particular syntax. Useful once you’ve skimmed the primer and want to understand edge cases (blank nodes, datatype equality, language tags, etc.).
  • RDF Schema 1.1 (RDFS)
    • https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-schema/
    • Defines the basic schema/ontology vocabulary (classes, subclasses, properties, domains, ranges). If you’re expressing ontologies purely in RDF/RDFS (without full OWL), this is your core semantic building block.
  • RDF 1.1 Turtle: Terse RDF Triple Language
    • https://www.w3.org/TR/turtle/
    • This is the Turtle spec. It defines the syntax in full (prefixes, base, collections, blank node shortcuts, literal forms, etc.), and is what you quote when you’re unsure if some Turtle snippet is legal.

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