FOAF

Semantic Web ontology to describe relations between people
Place ontology Q1389366
FOAF
Hilton William Ganzo Perantunes · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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FOAF

Summary

FOAF is an ontology[1]. FOAF draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (ontology category, ranking #6 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • FOAF is the creator of Dan Brickley[3].
  • FOAF is the creator of Libby Miller[4].
  • FOAF's image is recorded as Foaf.svg[5].
  • FOAF's instance of is recorded as ontology[6].
  • FOAF's Commons category is recorded as FOAF[7].
  • +2000-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of FOAF[8].
  • FOAF's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07vkrs[9].
  • FOAF's official website is recorded as http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/[10].
  • FOAF's described at URL is recorded as http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/[11].
  • FOAF's file extension is recorded as rdf[12].
  • FOAF's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/foaf[13].
  • FOAF's BARTOC ID is recorded as 712[14].
  • FOAF's Quora topic ID is recorded as FOAF[15].
  • FOAF's file format identification pattern is recorded as 3C[16].
  • FOAF's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780544168[17].
  • FOAF's XML namespace URL is recorded as http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/[18].
  • FOAF's Linked Open Vocabularies ID is recorded as foaf[19].

Body

Designation and Status

FOAF's instance of is recorded as ontology[6].

History and Context

+2000-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of FOAF[8].

Why It Matters

FOAF draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (ontology category, ranking #6 of 13).[2] FOAF has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] FOAF is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . xmlns.com. Retrieved . xmlns.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . xmlns.com. Retrieved . xmlns.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . TrID. mark0.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . TrID. mark0.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). FOAF. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/foaf
MLA “FOAF.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/foaf.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_foaf_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{FOAF}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/foaf}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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