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RDF is a system for modeling data. It gives up in compactness what it gains in flexibility. Every relationship between any two data elements is explicitly represented, allowing for a very simple model of merging data. A relationship is either present or it is not. Merging data is thus reduced to a simple matter of considering all such statements from all sources, together in a single place. The only challenge that remains in such a system is the challenge of identity. This problem is not unique to the RDF data model. The infrastructure of the Web itself has the same issue and has a standard solution: the URI. RDF borrows this solution. Since RDF is a Web language, a fundamental consideration is the distribution of information ...
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