RDF

W3C, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a W3C standard model for describing and exchanging graph-based data on the web.

It enables linking and integration of data across different vocabularies, represents information as subject-predicate-object triples forming directed graphs, and supports serialization formats such as RDF/XML for XML-based data exchange as well as Turtle and JSON-LD.

According to our data, RDF ranks 24th among the standards we track.
It is detected on 0.8% of all websites.

It appears on 1.4% of all websites in France, 1.2% in Russia, and 1.2% in Spain.

Statistics based on 4M+ analyzed websites. About this data

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 RDF Awards

⚡ Sites Using RDF

We have data on 33,259 websites that use RDF. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using RDF is instructure.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 instructure.com #43 United States English
2 irs.gov #131 United States English
3 canada.ca #132 Canada English
4 nih.gov #163 United States American English
5 en.wikipedia.org United States English
6 mit.edu #295 United States English
7 apps.apple.com United States American English
8 itunes.apple.com United States American English
9 tagesschau.de #334 Germany German
10 imagefap.com #500 Netherlands English
11 support.apple.com United States American English
12 s*xalarab.com #862 Arabic
13 punjab.gov.pk #974 Pakistan English
14 education.gouv.fr #1,071 France French
15 ardmediathek.de #1,090 Germany German
16 tagesspiegel.de #1,132 Germany German
17 ndr.de #1,167 Germany German
18 jharkhand.gov.in #1,202 India English
19 uwaterloo.ca #1,226 Canada English
20 es.wikipedia.org United States Spanish

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use RDF:

Most of the sites using RDF are from the United States, Germany, and France.

  • United States 15.8%
  • Germany 7.7%
  • France 6.3%
  • United Kingdom 4.7%
  • Russia 4.7%
  • Spain 4.1%
  • Italy 3.8%
  • Canada 3.3%
  • Netherlands 2.9%
  • Other 46.7%

Most RDF users speak English, German, or French.

  • English 47.6%
  • German 7.3%
  • French 6.7%
  • Russian 5.3%
  • Spanish 5.3%
  • Dutch 2.9%
  • Italian 2.7%
  • Japanese 2.2%
  • Polish 1.9%
  • Other 18.1%

RDF is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 29.4%
  • .org 11.2%
  • .de 4.8%
  • .ru 3.2%
  • .fr 2.9%
  • .net 2.4%
  • .it 2.3%
  • .ca 1.9%
  • .nl 1.8%
  • Other 40.1%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing RDF include business, education and reference, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Business 17.9%
  • Education/Reference 12.5%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 8.3%
  • Online Shopping 5.9%
  • Health 5.2%
  • Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 4.8%
  • Blogs/Wiki 4.5%
  • Government/Military 4.1%
  • Travel 3.6%
  • Other 33.2%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best RDF alternatives.

RankName
7
RSD
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An XML format that allows client software to discover services provided by web publishing systems.
13
XFN
United States

An HTML microformat that represents human relationships by adding metadata to hyperlinks between websites and profiles.
22
OpenSearch
Seattle, Washington, United States

A specification that describes a website's search engine, enabling browsers, apps, and services to discover and integrate it.
43
XRDS

An XML-based file format that provides a list of service endpoints (e.g., OpenID) available on a website.
56
FOAF

A machine-readable ontology describing persons, their activities and their relations to other people and objects.

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind RDF?

RDF is owned by World Wide Web Consortium, Inc., headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Which country uses RDF the most?

The majority of RDF users are from the United States.

Who uses RDF?

According to our data, RDF is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as instructure.com, irs.gov, and canada.ca.

Is RDF used on government websites?

Yes, for example, it is used by irs.gov, nih.gov, and punjab.gov.pk. In total, we found RDF on 194 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use RDF?

Yes, quite a few! The most prominent of these is mit.edu. In total, we know of 248 academic websites in the United States that use RDF.

How does RDF stack up against the competition?

RDF is a moderately popular standard, ranking ahead of 32 other standards we track.

What are the alternatives to RDF?

Alternatives and possible competitors to RDF may include RSD, XFN, and OpenSearch.

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