Rx4RDF is a set of technologies designed to make W3C's [RDF] more accessible and easier to use. 

[RxPath] is a specification and reference implementation for querying, transforming and updating [RDF] by specifying a deterministic mapping of the RDF model to the XML data model defined by [XPath|http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath]. Rx4RDF shields developers from the complexity of RDF by enabling you to use familar XML technologies like XPath, XSLT, XUpdate, and Schematron. We call their RDF equivalents [RxPath], [RxSLT], and [RxUpdate] respectively. 

[ZML] is a [Wiki|http://c2.com/cgi/wiki]-like text formatting language that lets you write arbitrary XML or HTML, enabling you to author XML documents with (nearly) the same ease as a Wiki entry.

[RxML] is an alternative XML serialization for RDF that is designed for easy authoring in [ZML], allowing novices to author and edit RDF metadata. 

Building on top of Rx4RDF is an application stack that allows RDF to be used to rapidly build web applications:

* [Raccoon] is a simple application server that uses an RDF model for its data store, roughly analogous to RDF as [Apache Cocoon|http://cocoon.apache.org/] is to XML. [Raccoon] uses [RxPath] to translate arbitary requests to RDF resources, each of which can be associated with [RxSLT] and [RxUpdate] stylesheets.
* [Rhizome] is a general purpose content management and delivery system that runs on [Raccoon]. It is dynamic and self-editable like a [Wiki|http://c2.com/cgi/wiki] but uses [ZML] and [RxML] to enable structured content and editable metadata. This site is run on [Rhizome]. 

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See also:

[IEEE Intelligent Systems article on Rhizome | http://www.liminalzone.org/static/IEEE_IS_Souzis_v20n5.pdf] (PDF) (Reprinted in [IEEE Distributed Systems Online | http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/site/dsonline/menuitem.9ed3d9924aeb0dcd82ccc6716bbe36ec/index.jsp?&pName=dso_level1&path=dsonline/0511&file=x5sem.xml&xsl=article.xsl&] (HTML) )


[Why RDF?|RDF]

[Rhizome Vision|RhizomeStatus]

[Rhizome Position Paper|FOAFPaper]

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