Semantic Web Technologies (HWS 2019)

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

The exam review for the first and second exam of HWS2019 will take place on Monday, 10 February 2020, starting from 08:00, building B6, 26 room C1.01 (use the blue door and go to the first floor).

You have to register for the exam review by writing a mail to Bianca Lermer until Wednesday, 5 February 2020. We will then allocate a time slot for the review to you.

• 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.

• Lecture: Heiko Paulheim
• Practical Exercise: Sven Hertling

• Lecture: Monday, 13.45 – 15.15, Room B6 A1.04
• Exercise: Friday, 12.00 – 13.30, Room B6 A1.04

Please note: the course starts in the second week of the lecture period!