09.10.04 updated 19.10.07CmpE 583 Fall 2008Discussion: Principles- 1 CmpE 583- Web Semantics: Theory and Practice DISCUSSION: Principles Atilla ELÇİ Computer

09.10.04 updated 19.10.07 CmpE 583 Fall 2008 Discussion: Principles- 1

CmpE 583- Web Semantics: Theory and Practice

DISCUSSION:Principles

Atilla ELÇİ

Computer Engineering Department

Eastern Mediterranean University


Concern: Semantic WebSemantic Web Browser

Following quotation is from How the Semantic Web Works? by Sandro Hawke.


Which Browser for Semantic Web?InterfacesSemantic Web BrowsersAn HTTP URI with no fragment (#whatever) should generally identify a contribution to the web,

a collection of knowledge. It probably has an HTML rendering, which is that knowledge put in a form that's easy for humans to understand. It should also have a structural (RDF) form, which is easy for humans and machines to understand. On good sites, with good browsers, the HTML will become more and more useless.

A URI with a fragment identifer is taken to denote an object described in the knowledge base identified by the base URI. ...

A Semantic Web browser needs (1) an identifier of the thing you want information about, or the collection of things, or the collection of information, and (2) a configuration of what sources to use and what algorithms to use to find more sources, and (3) info about how to store changes you make, (4) appearance preferences.

Legacy BrowserBecause both kinds of browsers use the same addresses for similar things, operation of legacy

browsers is possible but tricky. The obvious approach is to say that every SemWebID should get the same info in human-

readable form when Accepting what legacy browsers accept. That can be difficult. Another approach is to have the HTML generated by something like SemWalker, a server-side

semantic web user interface. Or have the HTML view redirected/proxied to SemWalker.


Concern: Semantic Web (continued)

Semantic Web Browser

In your opinion, when semantic Web will have been realized: What will happen to HTML? Will it dissappear? What about legacy browsers? Can the legacy & SW browsers coexist? Why & how? Other issues?


Topic: Semantic Web enabled e-Library The integration of E-learning, Intelligent Learning

Infrastructures, Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management in libraries and information services.

A special emphasis is on information systems and the challenges that the Semantic Web poses to Library operation.

New services, dynamic exploitation of content, provision of knowledge intensive services, ontological engineering.

Any examples?


Semantic Web enabled e-LibraryConcerns Ontologies for cataloguing and retrieving digital resources.

For example, see Dublin Core Inititative: Ref Desc DCMI Semantic Web-enabled resource retrieval in e-libraries. Managing catalogues through ontologies. Approaches to annotation of resources and its cost. Regulatory ontologies and digital rights management: implications

for library management. Scientific knowledge organization and ontologies. New roles and competencies of librarians in semantic, metadata-

intensive institutions. Cost models for semantic metadata creation and maintenance. Assessing quality of semantic, metadata-intensive systems.

Ref. [LM]. Check Gizem OLGU’s thesis or papers for an example of unifying

the content ontology of a conference proceeding: ontology integration.


Semantic Web and Information SystemsConcerns Aspects of Semantic Web and Information Systems

convergence. The focus is on the main implications of Semantic Web in Information Systems and the Information/Knowledge Society. Semantic Web Issues, Challenges and Implications in IS research streams Towards the development of the Knowledge society New Semantic Web enabled Tools for the citizen/ learner/ organization/ business New Semantic Web enabled Business Models New Semantic Web enabled Information systems and knowledge repositories Integration with other disciplines Intelligent Systems Standards Semantic enabled business intelligence Enterprise Application Integration Metadata-driven (bottom-up) versus ontology-driven (top-down) SW development Ref. [ECIS2005] See also ECIS 2006 & 2007.


Semantic Web and Information SystemsConcerns (continued) Aspects of Semantic Web Information

Systems “Intellectual Property Rights Management using a

Semantic Web Information System” by Roberto García, Rosa Gil, Jaime Delgado at ODBASE’04.

“Engineering the Presentation Layer for Semantic Web Information Systems” by Flavius Frasincar, Geert-Jan Houben, Peter Barna, and Richard Vdovjak at WWW 2003.

Semantic Web Applications by Anupriya Ankolekar.

Web. 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, ...

Project10X’s Semantic Wave 2008 Report Executive Summary: Industry Roadmap to Web 3.0 & Multibillion Dollar Market Opportunities (local copy, poster).

The Semantic Wave 2008 Report: “the most definitive research available on semantic applications and markets”.

Updated, September 2008. (721 pages, 400 illustrations, $3,495 USD)


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References

[LM] Special Issue on "Libraries in the Knowledge Era: Exploiting the knowledge wealth for Semantic Web Technology", Library Management Journal: TOC of Volume 26 Issue 4/5, 2005: link. NB: Entire content is available on EMU intranet.

Also visit other Emerald publications in the field of Library and Information Management.

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References

[ECIS2005] 13th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ECIS 2005), Information Systems in a Rapidly Changing Economy: Semantic Web and IS Track:

[http://www.ecis2005.de/semantic.html ] May 26 to 28, 2005: ECIS 2005

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