If RDF-XML is just an XML serialization of RDF triples, why doesn't it look like this? :

  <rdf:statement>

    <rdf:subject>URI</rdf:subject>

    <rdf:predicate>URI</rdf:predicate>

    <rdf:object>URI</rdf:object>

  </rdf:statement>

Is the reason some kind of premature optimization thing?

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