Semantic Web Towards a Web of Knowledge Outline

Semantic Web Towards a Web of Knowledge Outline Spring 2006 Computer Engineering Department Sharif University of Technology Semantic web - Computer Engineering Dept. Spring 2006 Semantic web course – Computer Engineering Department – Sharif Univ. of Technology – Fall 2005

Aim • To be familiar with the ongoing efforts in building next generation of web • Have a working knowledge of semantic web layers • Study logical foundation of SW and reasoning based on it • Familiarity with Ontology concept, how to create and evaluate them • Shifting current web toward SW • Major tools and frameworks • Some application areas in SW Semantic web - Computer Engineering Dept. - Spring 2006 2

Contents • • • Introduction to SW Project definitions XML related technologies: XML, XSD, XPath, XSL, … RDF & RDFS Querying on the web: XQuery, Spar. QL and RDQL Knowledge Representations and Taxonomies Description Logics Ontology Engineering Ontology alignment Bootstrapping the SW Semantic web - Computer Engineering Dept. - Spring 2006 3

Contents (cont. ) • • • Tools and Frameworks Rules in SW Trust management with and in SW Web Services and Semantic Web Services Search for Ontologies Search Using Ontologies Semantic web - Computer Engineering Dept. - Spring 2006 4

References • Chapters of following books – The Semantic Web, A guide to the future of XML, Web Services and Knowledge Management, By Michael C. Daconta et al. , 2003 – Spinning the Semantic Web, Bringing the World Wide Web to Its Full Potential Edited by Dieter Fensel, James A. Hendler, Henry Lieberman and Wolfgang Wahlster – The Description Logic Handbook Theory, Implementation and Applications Edited by Franz Baader, Diego Calvanese, Deborah Mc. Guinness, Daniele Nardi, Peter Patel-Schneider Published January 2003 • Some papers • Online materials Semantic web - Computer Engineering Dept. - Spring 2006 5

Grading policy • Midterm and Final Exam 50% • Homeworks 20% • Term based project 30% Semantic web - Computer Engineering Dept. - Spring 2006 6

Term based project • This semester we will have a term based project with following characteristics: – It is done in groups of at most 3 students – Each group selects a different project – Each group will have at least two presentations: • A presentation on related works and introducing new ideas • Developed solution presentation Semantic web - Computer Engineering Dept. - Spring 2006 7