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Network
configuration
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 Composing disparate applications
RDF does for semantics what XML does for syntax
RDF provides a framework within which application semantics can be assembled and processed using common
tools. Within this
framework, information from disparate applications can be combined and shared as required. RDF
doesn't replace existing applications
semantics, any more than XML defines a single syntax for all applications.
Does this require all applications to use RDF? Not necessarily. Current work (e.g. SWAD-E
[1]) is exploring ways of using RDF and
Semantic Web tools in conjunction with existing applications. One of the conclusions from the network
access control work is that RDF
can be used fruitfully in conjunction with non-RDF applications, if one is prepared to perform some
additional syntactic transformation
(which is pretty easy to do if the right information and right tools are available).
[1]
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/
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