Rdf Specifications: Containing Resource Description Framework Rdf Schema and Resource Description Framework Rdf Model and Syntax Specification [Paperback]

Dan Brickley (Author), World Wide Web Consortium (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2000

The Resource Description Framework (RDF) integrates a variety of web-based metadata activities including sitemaps, content ratings, stream channel definitions, search engine data collection (web crawling), digital library collections, and distributed authoring, using XML as an interchange syntax.

This book is a printed version of two important online documents: Resource Description Framework (RDF) Schema Specification 1.0 and Resource Description Framework (RDF) Model and Syntax Specification. The Schema Specification describes how to use RDF to describe RDF vocabularies. It also defines a basic vocabulary for this purpose, as well as an extensibility mechanism to anticipate future additions to RDF. The RDF Model and Syntax Specification introduces a model for representing RDF metadata as well as a syntax for encoding and transporting this metadata in a manner that maximizes the interoperability of independently developed Web servers and clients.

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Iuniverse Inc (October 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595132308
• ISBN-13: 978-0595132300
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,292,929 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cheesy piece of shovelware!, January 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Rdf Specifications: Containing Resource Description Framework Rdf Schema and Resource Description Framework Rdf Model and Syntax Specification (Paperback)

As the alleged author of this book I'd just like todistancemyself from this cheesy piece of shovelware. Spend the moneyon a printer instead. Or a better monitor. Or some cheese and ashovel. While W3C specs are available under a liberal license, this"book" is pushing at the limits of polite behaviour. I foundout I was named on the cover via Amazon. If I ever get around towriting a book, it won't have been this one...

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A copy of online documents., January 22, 2001

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James Robinson (Palo Alto, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rdf Specifications: Containing Resource Description Framework Rdf Schema and Resource Description Framework Rdf Model and Syntax Specification (Paperback)

The content of this book is simply copies of two online documents: Resource Description Framework (RDF) Schema Specification 1.0, and the Resource Description Framework (RDF) Model and Syntax Specification

In my opinion, the type quality of this book is awful, and I got better quality printing the two documents cited above on a laster printer. If you don't have a printer, and hate to read things online, then I guess buying this book would make sense. Otherwise I'd recommend you go and download the files yourself.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money, time and paper, August 21, 2001

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"ishikyo" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rdf Specifications: Containing Resource Description Framework Rdf Schema and Resource Description Framework Rdf Model and Syntax Specification (Paperback)

This book is useless. The online documents are so much easier to download and read on a laptop as well as search with your fav editor (emacs?). Anyway, why having bother to publish such a dull book without any added value is beyond me (and the rest of the review gang apparently.)

Do yourself a big favor and make this book a big pass. If curious about XML metadata, get Inside XML instead.

We are missing a ZERO star rating on Amazon. Too bad, because this book deserves it.