Unit I
Introduction to the Syntactic web and Semantic Web-Evolution of the Web-The visual and syntactic web-Levels of Semantics-Taxonomies-Logics for Semantic Web-The semantic web architecture and technologies-Applications of the Semantic Web.
Unit II
Ontological Engineering: What are Ontologies -Methods and methodologies for building ontologies-Ontology Development process and Life cycle-Methods for Ontology Learning-Ontology Evolution-Versioning-Ontology Languages.
Unit III
Editing tools for ontology creation -Protege-OntoEdit-DOE-IsaViz-Ontolingua Altova Semantic Works-OilEd-WebODE-pOWL-Swoop.
Unit IV
The Key Semantic Web Ontology Languages-Semantic Reasoning-Logical Implications and Descriptions-Technical Interpretations of classes and predicates.
Unit V
Case Study: Resource Discovery In a Building-Reasoning about Knowledge Base and Ontologies-Semantic search Engines Based on Data Integration Systems.
Text Book(s)
1. Semantic Web Services-Theory, Tools and Applications, Jorge Cardoso, Information Science Reference, 2007
References
1. Agency and the Semantic Web, Christopher Walton, Oxford University Press, 2007
2. Semantic Web Technologies and e-Business, AF Salam and Jason R Stevens, Idea Group Publications, 2007