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title: "What is RDF?"  
description: "What is RDF?"  
author: "Vijay Shukla"  
published: 2013-04-02  
updated: 2020-09-19  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1708/what-is-rdf  
category: "xml"  
tags: ["xml"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is RDF?

RDF stands for Resource Description Framework\
RDF is a framework for describing resources on the web\
RDF is designed to be read and understood by computers\
RDF is not designed for being displayed to people\
RDF is written in XML\
RDF is a part of the W3C's Semantic Web Activity\
RDF is a W3C Recommendation\

## Answers

### Answer by Vijay Shukla

RDF stands for Resource Description Framework\
RDF is a framework for describing resources on the web\
RDF is designed to be read and understood by computers\
RDF is not designed for being displayed to people\
RDF is written in XML\
RDF is a part of the W3C's Semantic Web Activity\
RDF is a W3C Recommendation\


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