Difference between revisions of "Triple"

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     "kid" -> "granny" [label="likes"];
 
     "kid" -> "granny" [label="likes"];
 
     "sister_in_law" -> "mum" [label="likes"];
 
     "sister_in_law" -> "mum" [label="likes"];
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  }
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</graphviz>
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Or in the abstract notation each Triple as:
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<graphviz format='svg'>
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digraph  {
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  rankdir="TB";
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    "subject" -> "object" [label="predicate"];
 
   }
 
   }
 
</graphviz>
 
</graphviz>

Revision as of 13:46, 8 January 2018

The term "Triple" is being used in Semantic Web Technology. The english wikipedia article on "Triple" describes a triple as The atomic data entity in the Resource Description Framework

Three part structure

A Triple consists of

  1. subject
  2. predicate
  3. object

Examples for triples

Here are some triples:

dad loves mum
kid loves mum
kid loves dad
dad hates sister_in_law
sister_in_law likes mum
kid likes granny

Natural graph representation of triples

Each Triple of subject - predicate - object can be presented as a graph. The above triples would e.g. be represented as:

Or in the abstract notation each Triple as: