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RDF XML

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headline: RDF XML
description: XML-based W3C serialization for RDF graphs.

RDF/XML is a W3C-standard XML serialization of RDF. It is designed primarily for machine-to-machine interchange, not for hand authoring. The underlying data model is still RDF triples; RDF/XML is just one concrete syntax for writing them down.

Compared with Turtle or JSON LD, RDF/XML is usually more verbose and less pleasant for humans to edit directly, but it remains important for compatibility with older semantic-web tools and XML-oriented systems.

Hello world

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rdf:RDF
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
    xmlns:schema="https://schema.org/">
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://example.org/people/alice">
    <schema:givenName>Alice</schema:givenName>
  </rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>

This expresses the RDF statement:

subject: https://example.org/people/alice
predicate: https://schema.org/givenName
object: Alice

In Wiki CLI

Use wiki export -f xml when you want RDF serialized in RDF/XML form.

References

RDF 1.1 XML Syntax

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# RDF XML

**RDF/XML** is a W3C-standard XML serialization of [RDF](RDF.md). It is designed primarily for **machine-to-machine interchange**, not for hand authoring. The underlying data model is still RDF triples; RDF/XML is just one concrete syntax for writing them down.

Compared with [Turtle](Turtle.md) or [JSON LD](JSON_LD.md), RDF/XML is usually more verbose and less pleasant for humans to edit directly, but it remains important for compatibility with older semantic-web tools and XML-oriented systems.

## Hello world

```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rdf:RDF
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
    xmlns:schema="https://schema.org/">
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://example.org/people/alice">
    <schema:givenName>Alice</schema:givenName>
  </rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>
```

This expresses the RDF statement:

- subject: `https://example.org/people/alice`
- predicate: `https://schema.org/givenName`
- object: `Alice`

## In [Wiki CLI](Wiki_CLI.md)

Use `wiki export -f xml` when you want RDF serialized in RDF/XML form.

## Related

- [RDF](RDF.md)
- [XML](XML.md)
- [Turtle](Turtle.md)
- [JSON LD](JSON_LD.md)
- [Wiki Subcommand export](Wiki_Subcommand_export.md)

## References

- [RDF 1.1 XML Syntax](https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/)

Metadata: RDF XML

RDF representation compiled from frontmatter

{
  "@context": {
    "schema": "https://schema.org/",
    "wiki": "https://wazootech.github.io/wiki/"
  },
  "@id": "wiki:RDF_XML",
  "@type": "schema:TechArticle",
  "schema:description": "XML-based W3C serialization for RDF graphs.",
  "schema:headline": "RDF XML"
}

@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix wiki: <https://wazootech.github.io/wiki/> .

wiki:RDF_XML a schema:TechArticle ;
    schema:description "XML-based W3C serialization for RDF graphs." ;
    schema:headline "RDF XML" .

@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix wiki: <https://wazootech.github.io/wiki/> .

wiki:RDF_XML a schema:TechArticle ;
    schema:description "XML-based W3C serialization for RDF graphs." ;
    schema:headline "RDF XML" .

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rdf:RDF
   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
   xmlns:schema="https://schema.org/"
>
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://wazootech.github.io/wiki/RDF_XML">
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="https://schema.org/TechArticle"/>
    <schema:headline>RDF XML</schema:headline>
    <schema:description>XML-based W3C serialization for RDF graphs.</schema:description>
  </rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>

<https://wazootech.github.io/wiki/RDF_XML> <https://schema.org/description> "XML-based W3C serialization for RDF graphs." .
<https://wazootech.github.io/wiki/RDF_XML> <https://schema.org/headline> "RDF XML" .
<https://wazootech.github.io/wiki/RDF_XML> <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type> <https://schema.org/TechArticle> .

@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix wiki: <https://wazootech.github.io/wiki/> .

_:N28188130a39744028c3fff234d1da8a0 {
    wiki:RDF_XML a schema:TechArticle ;
        schema:description "XML-based W3C serialization for RDF graphs." ;
        schema:headline "RDF XML" .
}

<https://wazootech.github.io/wiki/RDF_XML> <https://schema.org/description> "XML-based W3C serialization for RDF graphs." .
<https://wazootech.github.io/wiki/RDF_XML> <https://schema.org/headline> "RDF XML" .
<https://wazootech.github.io/wiki/RDF_XML> <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type> <https://schema.org/TechArticle> .