EMU FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Code:             CmpE 583

Course Title:              Web Semantics: Theory and Practice

Course Credit:           (3,0) 3

Semester:                   2006-2007 Fall Semester

Instructor:                  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Atilla ELÇİ

Office no:        CmpE Building 208 (please check office hours)

Office Tel:      630 2843

Skype ID:       atillaelci

E-mail:            Atilla.Elci at EMU.edu.tr

Website:         http://cmpe.emu.edu.tr/aelci/

Course Mailing List: Cmpe583Fall2006@yahoogroups.com
Course Group Site:    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cmpe583Fall2006

OBJECTIVE

    Implementation of integrated e-systems such as e-government requires existence of resource descriptions networked globally at least in the area of interest. Such network of descriptions, termed as ontology, alleviates resource description in a way recoverable by automated agents. In turn, Web content may be developed with reference to standards and an identified set of ontology. Such content would then take part in defining as precisely as possible semantics of Web content. Starting with XML, current research in this new area of study is focused on resource description framework (RDF) and ontology languages being standardized mainly through intense international effort in W3 Consortium. The area of study has become immensely important in enterprise information systems, Web-based application, media and publication in general. Graduates of our programs would like introduced to recent standards, developments and research in this fast evolving field.
    This course will essentially dwell on Web resource description schemes. It will cover URI scheme; XML and processing; resource description framework (RDF): model, syntax, schema and languages; ontology concept, Web-based ontologies, integration and interoperability, semantics and abstract syntax of OWL, DAML; and rule systems. These make up bulk of the Semantic Web Stack. Also surveyed are the current applications of these concepts in Web services and other semantic web-based systems; best practice case studies; W3 Consortium, current activities and future directions.

    This course will recap current state of activity in web semantics by various international research and standardization bodies: standards, processing and development in URI, XML, RDF, OWL and DAML, RSS, semantic grid and agents. Main objective is to establish a solid base for breaking into research areas in the field.

    Participant of the course will be required to carry out practical work in terms of assignments and small projects.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

COURSE OUTLINE

TEXTBOOK / REFERENCES

• WWW 2006 The Fifteenth International World Wide Web Conference, 23-26 May 2006, Edinburgh, Scotland. Check Proceedings menu tab.
• WWW 2005 The Fourteenth International World Wide Web Conference, 10-14 May 2005, Chiba, Japan. Proceedings.
• WWW 2004 The Thirteenth International World Wide Web Conference, 17-22 May 2004, New York, NY, USA. Proceedings
• WWW 2003 The Twelfth International World Wide Web Conference, 20-24 May 2003, Budapest, HUNGARY. Proceedings
• Previous WWW conferences.
• 1st Semantic Web Working Symposium, July 30 - August 1st, 2001. Check Program and Proceedings which includes access to tutorials as well.
• Proceedings of the "Semantic Technologies for E-Government" Conference,  September 8th, 2003, the White House Conference Center, Washington, DC, USA.
• ECIS 2005 Semantic Web track.
• International Conference on Semantic Technology (ICST 2005), February 25-27, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey
• Can also check references to conferences under Links in SWWG website.
• Can check Computer and Information Science Papers CiteSeer for documents and references. While there, check "CiteSeer Metadata" link.

• METU, TR: Ceng 520: http://www.srdc.metu.edu.tr/webpage/courses/ceng520/index.html:
  • Introductory
  • Aims towards e-commerce.
• Man U., UK: CS 646: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~horrocks/Teaching/cs646/
  • Advanced
  • Logic / reasoning oriented.
• U. New Brunswick, Canada: CS 6795 Semantic Web Techniques: http://www.cs.unb.ca/~bspencer/cs6795swt/syllabus.html
  • AI?
• U. Texas, USA: CSE 591- Semantic Web Mining: http://www.public.asu.edu/~hdavulcu/CSE591_Semantic_Web_Mining.html.
  • Data mining.
• U. Laval, Canada:
  •  IFT-62399- Web Sémantique
  • IFT-66524- Agents Mobiles
• Vrije Universiteit Brussel: WISE Courses: WIS- Web Info SystemsWISE Courses - Web Information Systems
• Free Univ. of Bozen/Bolzano: Semantic Web Technologies by Jos de Bruin.