An eXtensible Web Modeling Framework
Reinhold Klapsing, Gustaf Neumann · 1999
This document presents the eXtensible Web Modeling Framework (XWMF) which is based on the Resource Description Framework (RDF) [5, 10]. Both frameworks use metadata to describe properties of web resources. Our proposed framework applies the same (meta-) data model to reason about web site data, and to specify the structure and content of a web site and making statements about the elements of a web site. A formal model defining the various properties can lead to a consistent structure and easier maintenance. The formal model of the XWMF results in machine-understandable and interoperable content- and meta-data of a web site. The data model is capable to structure information from small units such as elements or single web pages (for authoring-in-the-small) to large structures such as web sites (for authoring-in-the-large). The formal model of XWMF can lead to the development of better software tools supplying web site development and maintenance.