Software Naming Changes Since Release 11.1

Because the support for RDF data has been expanded beyond the original focus on RDF, the names of many software objects (PL/SQL packages, functions and procedures, system tables and views, and so on) have been changed as of Oracle Database Release 11.1.

In most cases, the change is to replace the string RDF with SEM. although in some cases it may be to replace SDO_RDF with SEM.

All valid code that used the pre-Release 11.1 names will continue to work; your existing applications will not be broken. However, it is suggested that you change old applications to use new object names, and you should use the new names for any new applications. This manual will document only the new names. Table: Semantic Technology Software Objects: Old and New Names lists the old and new names for some objects related to support for semantic technologies, in alphabetical order by old name.

Table: Semantic Technology Software Objects: Old and New Names

Old Name	New Name
RDF_ALIAS data type	SEM_ALIAS
RDF_MODEL$ view	SEM_MODEL$
RDF_RULEBASE_INFO view	SEM_RULEBASE_INFO
RDF_RULES_INDEX_DATASETS view	SEM_RULES_INDEX_DATASETS
RDF_RULES_INDEX_INFO view	SEM_RULES_INDEX_INFO
RDFI_rules-index-name view	SEMI_rules-index-name
RDFM_model-name view	SEMM_model-name
RDFR_rulebase-name view	SEMR_rulebase-name
SDO_RDF package	SEM_APIS
SDO_RDF_INFERENCE package	SEM_APIS
SDO_RDF_MATCH table function	SEM_MATCH
SDO_RDF_MODELS data type	SEM_MODELS
SDO_RDF_RULEBASES data type	SEM_RULEBASES