Multiple choice

Which of these is a schema which allows groups of people to describe social networks without the need for a centralised database?

  1. GFO

  2. BFO

  3. Swoogle

  4. FOAF

  5. Dublin Core

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D Correct answer
Explanation

FOAF (an acronym of Friend of a friend) is a machine-readable ontology describing persons, their activities and their relations to other people and objects. Anyone can use FOAF to describe him- or herself. FOAF allows groups of people to describe social networks without the need for a centralised database.