Real World XML

RDF Description Element

Each resource that you want to describe in RDF gets its own <rdf:Description> element. This element has several attributes:

• about lets you specify what resource the element describes.

• aboutEach lets you make statements about each of the element's children.

• aboutEachPrefix lets you select RDF container items by prefix.

• bagID specifies the ID of an associated bag container.

• ID lets you give the element an ID value.

• type specifies the description's type.

In fact, you can also convert the properties that you list in the <rdf:Description> element into attributes, as we'll see when we take a look at the RDF abbreviated syntax.

In our example, the resource being described is the document http://www.starpowder.com/planets.html, so ...