Perl and Semantic web

[Cristi Ocolisan]

Hello to all,
 
My question is probably a rhetorical one...
 
The company I work for, received a request for a system based on "semantic
web" and "Virtual distributed databases".
 
As I searched the net I understood the basic concept of semantic web and
virtual distributed databases 
(based on RDF standards and XML), 
but my question to you all is if perl has any support for this kind of
applications .
 
Is there a way to develop in perl this kind of applications?
 
Thank you all,
 
CO