RDF Schema (RDFS)

Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a W3C standard for describing web resources, such as the title, author, modification date, content, and copyright information of a web page.

RDF Schema (RDFS) syntax

RDF Schema (RDFS) is an extension to RDF.

RDF Schema (RDFS) example

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rdf:RDF
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"
xml:base="http://www.animals.fake/animals#">
<rdf:Description rdf:ID="animal">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class"/>
</rdf:Description>
<rdf:Description rdf:ID="horse">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class"/>
  <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#animal"/>
</rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>