diff --git modules/rdf/rdf.module modules/rdf/rdf.module
index b6fb7e0..e162e09 100644
--- modules/rdf/rdf.module
+++ modules/rdf/rdf.module
@@ -630,6 +630,24 @@ function rdf_preprocess_comment(&$variables) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Implements MODULE_preprocess_HOOK().
+ */
+function rdf_preprocess_taxonomy_term(&$variables) {
+  // Adds the RDF type of the term and the term name in a meta tag.
+  $term = $variables['term'];
+  $term_label_meta = array(
+      '#tag' => 'meta',
+      '#attributes' => array(
+        'about' => url('taxonomy/term/' . $term->tid),
+        'typeof' => $term->rdf_mapping['rdftype'],
+        'property' => $term->rdf_mapping['name']['predicates'],
+        'content' => $term->name,
+      ),
+    );
+  drupal_add_html_head($term_label_meta, 'rdf_term_label');
+}
+
+/**
  * Implements hook_field_attach_view_alter().
  */
 function rdf_field_attach_view_alter(&$output, $context) {
diff --git modules/rdf/rdf.test modules/rdf/rdf.test
index 7892aa0..ae9ba91 100644
--- modules/rdf/rdf.test
+++ modules/rdf/rdf.test
@@ -332,6 +332,21 @@ class RdfMappingDefinitionTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $author_about = $this->xpath("//a[@typeof='sioc:User' and @about='$account_uri' and @property='foaf:name' and contains(@xml:lang, '')]");
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($author_about), t('RDFa markup found on author information on post. xml:lang on username is set to empty string.'));
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a random term and ensures the right RDFa markup is used.
+   */
+  function testTaxonomyTermRdfaAttributes() {
+    $vocabulary = TaxonomyWebTestCase::createVocabulary();
+    $term = TaxonomyWebTestCase::createTerm($vocabulary);
+
+    // Views the term and checks that the RDFa markup is correct.
+    $this->drupalGet('taxonomy/term/' . $term->tid);
+    $term_url = url('taxonomy/term/' . $term->tid);
+    $term_name = $term->name;
+    $term_rdfa_meta = $this->xpath("//meta[@typeof='skos:Concept' and @about='$term_url' and contains(@property, 'rdfs:label') and contains(@property, 'skos:prefLabel') and @content='$term_name']");
+    $this->assertTrue(!empty($term_rdfa_meta), t('RDFa markup found term page.'));
+  }
 }