An Overview of RDF Model Representation Formats

Abstract. The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a way how to model ontologies (i.e. concepts and relationships among these concepts) in the Semantic Web. Generally, RDF is a collection of triples, each consisting of a subject, a predicate and an object. This set of triples is also known as RDF graph (or RDF graph data model). Besides its graphical representation RDF model can be also represented textually. In this paper we present an overview of several the most used formats of serialization of this model. We also mention advantages and disadvantages of using these formats.