Editing Resource Description Framework (section)

=== Example 1: Description of a person named Eric Miller ===

The following example is taken from the W3C website<ref name="rdf-primer">{{cite web|url= http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-primer/|title= RDF Primer |publisher=[[W3C]]|access-date=2009-03-13}}</ref> describing a resource with statements "there is a Person identified by <nowiki>http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#me</nowiki>, whose name is Eric Miller, whose email address is e.miller123(at)example (changed for security purposes), and whose title is Dr." [[Image:Rdf graph for Eric Miller.png|thumb|An RDF Graph Describing Eric Miller<ref name="rdf-primer" />]]

The resource "<nowiki>http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#me</nowiki>" is the subject.

The objects are:
* "Eric Miller" (with a predicate "whose name is"),
* <nowiki>mailto:e.miller123</nowiki>(at)example (with a predicate "whose email address is"), and
* "Dr." (with a predicate "whose title is").

The subject is a URI.

The predicates also have URIs. For example, the URI for each predicate:
* "whose name is" is <nowiki>http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#fullName</nowiki>,
* "whose email address is" is <nowiki>http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#mailbox</nowiki>,
* "whose title is" is <nowiki>http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#personalTitle</nowiki>.

In addition, the subject has a type (with URI <nowiki>http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type</nowiki>), which is person (with URI <nowiki>http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#Person</nowiki>).

Therefore, the following "subject, predicate, object" RDF triples can be expressed:
* <nowiki>http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#me, http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#fullName,</nowiki> "Eric Miller"
* <nowiki>http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#me, http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#mailbox, mailto:e.miller123(at)example</nowiki>
* <nowiki>http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#me, http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#personalTitle,</nowiki> "Dr."
* <nowiki>http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#me, http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type, http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#Person</nowiki>

In standard N-Triples format, this RDF can be written as:
<syntaxhighlight lang="turtle">
<http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#me> <http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#fullName> "Eric Miller" .
<http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#me> <http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#mailbox> <mailto:e.miller123(at)example> .
<http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#me> <http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#personalTitle> "Dr." .
<http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#me> <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type> <http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#Person> .
</syntaxhighlight>

Equivalently, it can be written in standard Turtle (syntax) format as:

<syntaxhighlight lang="turtle">
@prefix eric:    <http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#> .
@prefix contact: <http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#> .
@prefix rdf:     <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .

eric:me contact:fullName "Eric Miller" .
eric:me contact:mailbox <mailto:e.miller123(at)example> .
eric:me contact:personalTitle "Dr." .
eric:me rdf:type contact:Person .
</syntaxhighlight>

Or more concisely, using a common shorthand syntax of Turtle as:

<syntaxhighlight lang="turtle">
@prefix eric:    <http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#> .
@prefix contact: <http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#> .
@prefix rdf:     <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .

eric:me contact:fullName "Eric Miller" ;
  contact:mailbox <mailto:e.miller123(at)example> ;
  contact:personalTitle "Dr." ;
  rdf:type contact:Person .
</syntaxhighlight>

Or, it can be written in RDF/XML format as:
<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rdf:RDF xmlns:contact="http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#" xmlns:eric="http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#me">
    <contact:fullName>Eric Miller</contact:fullName>
  </rdf:Description>
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#me">
    <contact:mailbox rdf:resource="mailto:e.miller123(at)example"/>
  </rdf:Description>
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#me">
    <contact:personalTitle>Dr.</contact:personalTitle>
  </rdf:Description>
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#me">
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#Person"/>
  </rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>
</syntaxhighlight>