Introduction to Semantic Web: Semantic Web Concepts- Need for the Semantic Web- Information Overload – Stovepipe Systems – Poor Content Aggregation – XML and the Semantic Web – Web Services and the Semantic Web -Current Applications of the Semantic Web – Business Case for the Semantic Web Decision Support Business Development – Information Sharing and Knowledge. Understanding the Resource Description Framework: What Is RDF – Capturing Knowledge with RDF – Other RDF Features – RDF Schema – Non-Contextual Modelling. Web Ontology Language: Motivation and Overview – The OWL Language- Defining the Ontology Spectrum – Thesaurus, Logical Theory – Ontology – Topic Maps Standards and Concepts – Occurrence – Association – Subject Descriptor – Scope.

Ontologies: Overview of Ontologies – Ontology Example – Definitions – Syntax – Structure – Semantics – and Pragmatics – Expressing Ontologies Logically – Ontology and Semantic Mapping Problem. Knowledge Representation: Languages – Formalisms, Logics – Description Logics – Ontology Design and Management using the Protege Editor – Ontology Reasoning with Pellet/FACT++, Ontology Querying with SPARQL.

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