Glossary of RDF/XML terms for SimpleRDF project

SimpleRDF

An Open Source RDF/XML parser written in PHP5 under BSD license. The SimpleRDF API provide simple and effective mechanisms to manipulate the parsed data. Very easy to use.

RDF

Acronym for Resource Description Framework. Complex way how to write metadata that are understandable by machines. Uses eXtensible Markup Language (RDF/XML) as underlying technology.

XML

Acronym for Extensible Markup Language. XML is very flexible text format derived from SGML. Way how to write documents that are easily pars-able by machines. Underlying technology for many other technologies like XHTML, RSS, RDF...

PHP

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. PHP is an open source, server-side scripting language widely used for creating dynamic Web pages.

parser

A parser is a special piece of software program that recognizes statements in a document. Example: http://sourceforge.net/projects/simplerdf