RDF
The Resource Description Framework: facts expressed as subject, predicate, object statements (triples) with resolvable identifiers.
What RDF means
JSON-LD is one serialisation of it, so every schema.org block on a page is already a small RDF graph, and it can be checked as one - whether its identifiers resolve, whether references point at nodes that exist, whether it parses at all.
Terms this definition uses
Subject · Predicate · Object · triple · JSON-LD
Definitions that name RDF
triple · Blank node · Literal · Predicate · Subject · Object · Named graph · Default graph · Graph merge · Canonical RDF
Related terms in Entities and schema
Declaring who you are in a form a resolver can use without guessing.
invented value · signed business record · listing audit · listing supplier · fix receipt · structured data · JSON-LD · stable @id · entity collision · reciprocated sameAs · sameAs · knowledge graph · entity resolution · entity disambiguation · Wikidata · NAP · local citation · Organization schema · LocalBusiness · FAQPage · structured data validation · @context · agentic knowledge graph · microformats (h-card) · triple · dangling @id · RDFa and Microdata · founder edge · foundingDate · knowsAbout · unreciprocated profile · entity graph · DefinedTerm · Person schema · named entity recognition · NAP consistency · NAP schema · name drift · geocoding · rival roots · speakable · FAQPage schema · OpeningHoursSpecification · service area
Questions about RDF
What is RDF?
The Resource Description Framework: facts expressed as subject, predicate, object statements (triples) with resolvable identifiers.
Which area of the glossary does RDF belong to?
Entities and schema: Declaring who you are in a form a resolver can use without guessing.
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