Named graph

Named Graph
StatusPublished
Year started2005; 19 years ago (2005)
EditorsJeremy J. Carroll
Base standardsURI and RDF
Related standardsTriX, TriG, N-Quads
DomainSemantic Web
A named graph

Named graphs are a key concept of Semantic Web architecture in which a set of Resource Description Framework statements (a graph) are identified using a URI,[1] allowing descriptions to be made of that set of statements such as context, provenance information or other such metadata.

Named graphs are a simple extension of the RDF data model[2] through which graphs can be created but the model lacks an effective means of distinguishing between them once published on the Web at large.

  1. ^ strictly speaking a URIRef
  2. ^ http://www.w3.org/TR/PR-rdf-syntax/ "Resource Description Framework (RDF) Model and Syntax Specification"