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Practical RDF Shelley Powers
Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Leigh Dodds presents the first of a multipart tutorial on SPARQL, a query language for RDF and the Semantic Web, which may also play a role in Web 2.0 apps and services. Regarding Kingsley's comment concerning EAV: I think we all get that EAV has historical precedence and is a more fundamental model than RDF, but for practical purposes why should adopters concern themselves with it? Now, to be fair, there have been efforts to make practical usage of RDF (see: MusicBrainz) and these are early days for microformats. Click here Practical SEO Techniques (PDF - 628 KB). And the availability of several SPARQL query engines means that this exploration can be practical rather than theoretical. Personally I see nothing in the statement from Francis Maude that implies the mandating of RDF or Linked Data, only that “Where possible we will use recognised open standards including Linked Data standards”. But what if you're a lot more interested in Web 2.0, which is practical and real, than in the Semantic Web, about which opinions vary widely? RDF is defined as an abstract data model, plus a collection of practical notations for exchanging RDF descriptions (eg. RDF/RSS Feeds; Website statistics; Valuable free tools. Do you want to improve the visibility of your website in search engine listing and increase ROI, download your free copy today! A couple of years ago, I started reading Shelley Powers' book, “Practical RDF” [1].