Semantic Web Technologies (HWS 2018)
Course Description
The term “Semantic Web” was coined in 2001 when Tim Berners Lee (the inventor of the World Wide Web) and others presented their vision of an intelligent web in the “Scientific American”. The Semantic Web aims at the development of methods that help to automate the interpretation, aggregation, evaluation and comparison of information on the Web.
This course gives an introduction to the technical foundations of Semantic Web Technologies, including knowledge representation and query languages, as well as logical inference. More specifically, it covers the following contents:
- Vision and Principles of the Semantic Web
- Representation Languages (XML, RDF, RDF Schema, OWL)
- Knowledge Modeling: Ontologies and Linked Data
- Logical Reasoning in RDF and OWL
- Commercial and Open Source Tools and Systems
Exam Review
The exam review for the first and second exam of HWS2018 will take place on Monday, 18 February, 13:30–15:00, building B6, 26 room C1.01 (use the blue door and go to the first floor).
Prerequisites
- Java or Python programming skills are required to pass this course!
- Preferably, some experience with software development
- To pass the course you have to fulfill the following requirements:
- Pass the final exam (you have to get a 4.0 or better in the exam to pass this course)
- Successfully work in a group on a project idea (programming!), present the results and write a report
- The final grade is the grade achieved in the final exam, however, the project is a mandatory requirement to pass the course. Note: This grading scheme is different from the past years!
Lecturers
- Lecture: Heiko Paulheim
- Practical Exercise: Sven Hertling
Dates
- Lecture: Tuesday, 12.00 – 13.45, Room B6 A1.01
- Exercise: Friday, 12.00 – 13.30, Room B6 A1.04
Schedule
| Week | Lecture (Tuesday) | Exercise (Friday) |
|---|---|---|
| 03.09.18 | Course Organization, Introduction | -- |
| 10.09.18 | RDF | Introduction, XML |
| 17.09.18 | RDF Schema | RDF |
| 24.09.18 | Linked Open Data, Semantic Web Programming | RDF Schema |
| 01.10.18 | SPARQL, Introduction to Student Projects | Linked Open Data, Semantic Web Programming |
| 08.10.18 | No lecture, work on project proposals | No exercise, work on project proposals |
| 15.10.18 | OWL part I | SPARQL |
| 22.10.18 | OWL part II, Ontology Reasoning | -- |
| 29.10.18 | Project proposal feedback and coaching | OWL part I |
| 05.11.18 | Ontology Engineering, Top Level Ontologies | OWL part II, Ontology Reasoning |
| 12.11.18 | Project coaching | Project work |
| 19.11.18 | Project work | Ontology Engineering, Top Level Ontologies |
| 26.11.18 | Other Semantic Web Languages and Standards | Top Level Ontologies, Project work |
| 03.12.18 | Project presentation | -- |
Adminstrative Details
For attending the course, please register for the lecture in Portal 2 (link to lecture and exercise).The course is limited to 30 participants. From this semester on we will have a new process for the course registration and allocation. There will be no “first come – first serve”. Students in higher semesters will be preferred, equally ranked students will be drawn randomly. You can register from 13th of August until 29th of August.
Materials and Exercise Sheets
Slides
- 04.09. Organization (PDF, 1 MB), Introduction (PDF, 4 MB)
- 11.09. RDF (PDF, 669 kB)
- 18.09. RDFS (PDF, 1 MB)
- 25.09. LOD_Programming (PDF, 3 MB), JenaExample
- 02.10. SPARQL (PDF, 2 MB), Introduction to Student Projects (PDF, 630 kB)
- 16.10. OWL Part 1 (PDF, 2 MB)
- 23.10. OWL Part 2 (PDF, 1 MB)
- 06.11. Ontology Engineering (PDF, 2 MB)
- 13.11. Beyond the Semantic Web Stack (PDF, 2 MB)
Exercises
- 14.09. XML (PDF, 135 kB)
- 21.09. RDF (PDF, 79 kB)
- 28.09. RDFS (PDF, 223 kB)
- 05.10. LOD_Programming (PDF, 564 kB)
- 19.10. SPARQL (PDF, 219 kB)
- 02.11. OWL Part 1 (PDF, 183 kB)
- 09.11. OWL Part 2 (PDF, 674 kB)
- 23.11. Ontology Engineering (PDF, 595 kB)
Exercise solutions and additional materials will be made available in the corresponding ILIAS group.
Literature (suggested reading list):
- Tim Berners-Lee, James Hendler and Ora Lassila. The Semantic Web. Scientific American, 284 (5), pp. 34–43, 2001
- Pascal Hitzler, Markus Krötzsch and Sebastian Rudolph. Foundations of Semantic Web Technologies. Chapman & Hall/
CRC, 2009 - Pascal Hitzler, Markus Krötzsch, Sebastian Rudolph and York Sure. Semantic Web: Grundlagen. Springer, 2007 (German)
- Allemang and Hendler (2008): Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist. Verlag Morgan Kaufmann.
- Antoniou and van Harmelen (2004): A Semantic Web Primer. MIT Press.
- Heath and Bizer (2011): Linked Data: Evolving the Web into a Global Data Space. Free online version.
Video Recordings
Video recordings from a previous lecture are available here (accessible within the university network or via VPN).