The Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER) is the W3C recommended method for describing Web resources. It specifies a protocol for publishing metadata about Web resources using RDF, OWL, and HTTP.
The initial working party was formed in February 2007Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER) Working Group Charter with the W3C Content Label Incubator Group's 2006 work as an input.W3C Content Label Incubator Group On 1 September 2009 POWDER became a W3C recommendationA Sprinkle of POWDER Fosters Trust on the Web and the Working Group is now closed.Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER) Working Group
POWDER supersedes the previous W3C specification PICS.Platform for Internet Content Selection home page
References
External links Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER): Primer