42500 - Semantic Web

Academic Year 2011/2012

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Cesena
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Computer Science and Information Technology (cod. 8030)

Learning outcomes

To gain understanding of technologies and models to web information representation and reasoning, in particular, relating to ontology and semantic skills.

Course contents

  • Introduction
  • xml and semantic approaches based on metadata and ontologies
  • RDF
  • taxonomy, ontology spectrum
  • ontology understanding
  • OWL
  • technical tools to realize SW applications
  • Web 2.0
  • applications
  • search engine and semantic search engine

Readings/Bibliography

The following book is recommended reading material: 

  • Grigori Antoniou, Frank van Harmelen: A Semantic Web Primer, MIT Press, USA, 2004. ISBN: 0-262-01210-3
  • all slides used in lectures.

Teaching methods

Traditional lecture, practical class.

Assessment methods

The coursework consists of programming assignments of varying difficulty. Marks will be awarded for working programs which meet the specifications, simple and clear programming style, and internal documentation.
The exam consists in a oral part.

Teaching tools

This course unit will provide printed notes of all slides used in lectures and during practical class.

Links to further information

http://www.nuovetecnologieperlarete.info

Office hours

See the website of Antonella Carbonaro