What’s Different About RDF?

Two of the most notable features of the RDF graph model seen from a graph perspective are global identity and inference. These lead naturally to a certain facility in managing data integration and in building out knowledge graphs.

Let’s talk about each of these in turn.

Integrating data at scale

RDF uses web names, or URIs, for identifying the nodes and edges in its data model. What does that mean? It means everything.

The URI has been a key development in the ongoing integration of the global telecoms network. This builds on the DNSDomain Name System system for naming computers as nodes on the (inter)network. By extending this with a network ...