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Understanding the Graph Data Model
Subject, property, property value
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Semantic MediaWiki generally works on the premise that facts are declared by statements (e.g Berlin has a population of 3,520,061) in order for queries like "What is the population of Berlin" to be answered.

A triple represents a statement of a relationship between the things (denoted by nodes) where a triple is consisting of a subject, a predicate (also called a property) and an object.

See also

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Description_Framework#Overview
• http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/#section-data-model
• Help:In-text annotation
• Tutorial 4: Introducing RDFS & OWL