Semantic Triple

Semantic Triple
Semantic Triple

As its name indicates, a triple is a set of three entities that codifies a statement about semantic data in the form of subject-predicate-object expressions.

Semantic Triple Example

An example of a Semantic Triple is “Isaac is 42” or “Isaac knows Dave.”

Semantic Triple Code

This format enables knowledge to be represented in a machine-readable way. For example, every part of an RDF triple can be addressed with unique URIs. The statement “Isaac knows Dave” might be represented as:

http://example.name#Isaac http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows http://example.name#Dave

The basic Semantic Triple Model

With this precise data, a search engine can better understand the purpose behind the search query and the meaning of words.

The components of a triple, such as the statement “The sky has the color blue”, consist of:

  1. Subject (“the sky”)
  2. Predicate (“has the color”),
  3. and an Object (“blue”)

This is similar to the classical notation of an entity–attribute–value model within the object-oriented design, where this example would be expressed as:

  1. an Entity (sky),
  2. an Attribute (color)
  3. and a Value (blue).

Conclusion

Hummingbird is designed to better understand the search query and the meaning of words. This will help Google provide more accurate results for users. With this update, businesses should focus on providing quality content that accurately answers user questions. By understanding what Hummingbird is and how it works, you can ensure your website is optimized for search engine result pages (SERPs).

Contact us today to learn more about how we can improve your website content so that it ranks higher in SERPS and brings in more leads and sales.


Published on: 2022-03-28
Updated on: 2023-03-14

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