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Cheryl
Cheryl

Reputation: 245

RDF in 'non-semantic' web applications

We know that RDF is the cornerstone for semantic web. So we can use RDF for describing electronic libraries, content for search engines, time schedules for web events etc.

However, can we apply the RDF model to 'non-semantic' web applications? Are there any examples?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 192

Answers (2)

CapelliC
CapelliC

Reputation: 60004

an important one, I think, could be RDB2RDF direct mapping. There is plenty of 'non-semantic' data out there. But really, it's a terminology question. When you refer to RDF, you are using the Semantic Web concept.

Upvotes: 1

unor
unor

Reputation: 96527

You can use RDF in the frontend and/or in the backend.

As soon as you use it in the frontend (RDFa in HTML, separate RDF files, etc.), you play a "part" in the Semantic Web. There are no websites/applications that couldn't make use of RDF.

If you use it in the backend only (database, import of RDF data, etc.), you don't publish any RDF, and therefor there is nothing "semantic" about your site/application itself. It might consume Semantic Web data, but it doesn't produce it.

Upvotes: 2

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