| Status | Published |
|---|---|
| Year started | 2005 |
| Editors | Jeremy J. Carroll |
| Base standards | URI and RDF |
| Related standards | TriX, TriG, N-Quads |
| Domain | Semantic Web |
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.
- ^ strictly speaking a URIRef
- ^ http://www.w3.org/TR/PR-rdf-syntax/ "Resource Description Framework (RDF) Model and Syntax Specification"