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RDF Vocabularies
Web LinksA list of links to common RDF vocabulary homepages, specification and reference documents, including RDFS and OWL.
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  Link   RDF Schema
RDF Schema is the W3C standard for describing RDF vocabularies.
  Link   Web Ontology Language
Web Ontology Language (OWL) is a W3C standard RDF vocabulary extension for a knowledge-based description logic derived from DAML+OIL.
  Link   Dublin Core
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative seeks to provide industry standard base vocabulary for describing resources.
  Link   Friend of a Friend
The Friend of a Friend (FOAF) Project develops a commonly-used RDFS/OWL vocabulary/ontology specification for expressing relationships between people.
  Link   vCard RDF Encoding
This is a W3C Note specifying an RDF/XML encoding for vCard profiles, providing a consistent description of persons using the existing semantics of the vCard standard.
  Link   RDF Site Summary
This is the RSS 1.0 branch that was forked by the RSS-DEV Working Group and includes an RDFS vocabulary specification. RSS is used for news syndication/aggregation purposes.
  Link   Atom Syndication Format
This is the AtomOwl Vocabulary Specification, which provides an OWL ontology model for the Atom Syndication Format (RFC4287).
  Link   Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities
SIOC Core Ontology Specification - an RDFS/OWL vocabulary/ontology for describing the main concepts and properties for online communities.
  Link   Description of a Project
DOAP is an XML/RDF vocabulary for describing software projects.
  Link   Nepomuk Ontologies
Nepomuk, the social semantic desktop project, has a collection of ontologies for a user's personal information, e.g. files, contacts, messages etc.