If you have read anything about BIBFRAME, or Linked Data, or
the Semantic Web, you have probably heard about Resource Description Framework
(RDF). RDF is an important thing to understand, since it relates to the future of
bibliographic data; however, it is often presented in a very complex manner.
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I recently came across a blog post by Ruth Kitchin Tillman, the Digital
Collections Librarian at the University of Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Libraries,
titled “An
Introduction to RDF for Librarians (of a Metadata Bent)”. I found this post
to be a very accessible introduction to the underlying concepts of RDF. Tillman
explains how RDF is used to describe resources, what serialization means, with
special focus on serializing RDF using Turtle, how RDF is used to link
resources together, and how meaning is encoded. She also offers suggestions for
continued reading, should you want to learn more about RDF. Overall, in my
opinion, this post lays out some very complex topics in clear, understandable
language.
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