Discussion: Principles 1

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CmpE 583- Web Semantics Theory and
PracticeDISCUSSIONPrinciples

• Atilla ELÇI
• Computer Engineering Department
• Eastern Mediterranean University

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Concern Semantic WebSemantic Web Browser

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

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Which Browser for Semantic Web?

• Interfaces
• Semantic Web Browsers
• An 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 Browser
• Because 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.

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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?

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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?

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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 OLGUs thesis or papers for an
  example of unifying the content ontology of a
  conference proceeding ontology integration.

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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.

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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 ODBASE04.
• 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.

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Web. 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, ...

• Project10Xs 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