Towards a Semantic Web Curriculum Wolfgang Nejdl 9162020

Towards a Semantic Web Curriculum Wolfgang Nejdl 9/16/2020 1

3. 2 First Tasks 1. Identification of core curricula n Selection of required topics n Agreement on curriculum (->VISWE) 2. Collection and organization of learning units n Collection of available material (started) n Adaptation of this material and creation of missing pieces n Ordering and Provision in a LMS 3. Organization of learning events n Summer school n Professional training Wolfgang Nejdl 9/16/2020 2

Semantic Web Curriculum - Main Categories Foundations Technology Processes/Methodologies Related areas and their application to the SW Special application areas Wolfgang Nejdl 9/16/2020 3

Foundations n n n Logic Foundations of Ontological Engineering Semantics of Knowledge (? ) Knowledge Representation. . . Wolfgang Nejdl 9/16/2020 4

Technology n Internet Technology § Basic Protocols § XML Standards § Web Services n Semantic Web Technology § Languages § RDF/RDFS § OWL § Tools § Semantic Web Services §. . . n Reasoning Technology n. . . Wolfgang Nejdl 9/16/2020 5

Processes/Methodologies n n n Knowledge Engineering Ontology Methodologies Knowledge Management Information Management Business Intelligence and Content Management. . . Wolfgang Nejdl 9/16/2020 6

Related areas and their application to the SW n n n Information Retrieval Human Language Technology Databases Distributed Systems. . . Wolfgang Nejdl 9/16/2020 7

Special Application Areas n n n Top-level ontologies Linguistic ontologies Ontologies for spatio-temporal data Other domain specific ontologies (medicine, e-commerce, . . . ). . . Wolfgang Nejdl 9/16/2020 8

Ontology for Semantic Web domain Subsumes Ontoweb Portal Ontology/AKT – which can be regarded as community self-portrait Needs EML or similar for pedagogic roles, course components, courses, programmes etc. Needs new classes for subject matter (e. g. , for knowledge modelling components such as ‘class’) Can serve as basis to describe Curricula Prerequisite for Semantic Learning Platform Must be built by the Knowledge. Web/VISWE community Wolfgang Nejdl 9/16/2020 9

Missing Pieces n n n Logic (partly covered by other courses) Information Retrieval (partly covered by other courses) Databases Reasoning Technology ? Wolfgang Nejdl 9/16/2020 10

Course Format / Granularity Options n Complete university courses n Modules n Small Units Suggestion: split courses into modules Wolfgang Nejdl 9/16/2020 11

Topics for Discussion n Forming a SW topic ontology working group n What is missing and who can provide it n Deciding on learning unit granularity for initial collection Wolfgang Nejdl 9/16/2020 12