CT433: Advanced Studies in IT
Stream 3: Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services

Semester II, Mondays from 14:00 to 15:00

This first half of this stream will introduce the Semantic Web and describe the metadata and ontological structures that are being used to build it. The second half will focus on the application of Semantic Web Services technology to business to business (B2B) integration, including state-of-the-art implementations and standards.

The main topics are as follows:

Motivation for the Semantic Web Semantic Web Aspects
Metadata and Semantics Data and Metadata Markup Languages and Formats
Metadata Annotation Tools and Techniques
Ontologies and Schemata
Information Integration Synergies, ROI and Business Impact of the Semantic Web
Introduction to Semantic Web Services and B2B Integration
History and Current State
Technology Concepts, Functionality and Execution Model
Architectures and Implementations
Products and Standards

CT108: Next Generation Technologies I
Section 4: Semantic Web

Semester II, Tuesdays from 16:00 to 17:00

This course provides a foundation to the area of the Semantic Web (and Semantic Web Services). The course begins by introducing the history of the Web and standards such as HTML and XML. We will continue by detailing recent collaborative and social applications in what is called "Web 2.0" (blogs, wikis, etc.). In the second half of the course we will describe the move towards the Semantic Web, where computers can make sense of the underlying meaning in the Web and thereby aid people to use this information in new ways. Finally we will introduce the languages of the Semantic Web: RDF (resource description framework) and OWL (web ontology language).

The main topics are as follows:

Introduction to the Web
HTML, XML
What is Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 Applications
Blogs, RSS
Tagging
Wikis
What is the Semantic Web?
Metadata Ontologies RDF and OWL

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DM110: Emerging Web Media

Semester II, Tuesdays from 10:00 to 12:00

This module will begin with an introduction to previous forms of web media communication, and describe in detail the emergent trends and technologies being employed for media communication through the Web. These include:

Blogs (online journals or sets of chronological news entries that are maintained by individuals, communities or commercial entities, and can be used to publish personal opinions, diary-like articles or news stories relating to a particular interest or product)
Wikis (collaboratively edited websites that can be updated or added to by anyone with an interest in the topic covered by the wiki site, and have been used to create online encyclopedias, photo galleries and literature collections)
Audio podcasts (also known as audio blogs, podcasts are to radio what blogs are to newspapers or magazines, and people can create and distribute audio content using podcasts for public consumption and playback on personal/portable media players, computers or other MP3-enabled devices)
Video podcasts (also known as "vlogs" from video blogs or "vodcasts" from video podcasts, this is where people can produce and publish video content on the Web for consumption on media playing-devices, and this content can range from individuals publishing home movies or their own news "interviews", to studios releasing TV episodes or movies for a fee)
Content syndication (a means whereby people can keep up to date with material published via the new media communication methods above, through RSS, Atom and other subscription methods)
Annotated social bookmarks and photo sharing (sites like Flickr, del.icio.us and Google Maps are allowing people to publicly publish textual or multimedia content along with associated annotations of use to others)