Homework

• Homework 1, due September 21. This homework should prepare yourself to tackle the topics and homework throughout the rest of the course.
• Homework 2, due September 28. This homework introduces some of the basic concepts that underpin RDF as well as an introduction to the circles-and-arrows diagram format for the RDF data model. (Solutions)
• Homework 3, due October 5. This homework tests your knowledge of Turtle syntax, as well as RDFa and RDF-Schema and OWL ontologies. (Solutions)
• Homework 4, due October 12. This homework tests your understanding of and ability to write SPARQL, as well as OWL ontologies. (Solutions)
• Homework 5, due October 19. This homework tests your ability to work with Linked Data APIs and/or the ramifications of Linked Data within business. (Solution)

Presentations and Lecture Notes

• Tim Berners-Lee's 2009 TED Talk: Introduction to Linked Open Data
• Lab 2 Questions. Answering these questions will allow you to familiarize yourself with Turtle syntax. (Solutions)
• RDF Data Model & How Linking Works, Sep 21st class notes
• Publishing Linked Data, Sep 28th class notes
• Ontology Development, Sep 28th class notes
• The SPARQL Tutorial, Oct 5

Guest Speakers

• Making Sense of the Semantic Web, a talk by Nova Spivack (similar to that given in class), Sep 14
• Data Visions at the Enterprise, a talk by Jay Myers, Sep 21
• Open Calais and the Semantic App Market, a talk by Thomas Tague, Sep 28
• Drupal 7 and RDF, a talk by Stéphane Corlosquet, Oct 12
• Linked Open Government Data and the Semantic Web, a talk by Jim Hendler, Oct 19
• Security, a talk by Joe Pato on Security, Nov 16
• From Knowledge Capture to Semantic Applications: The Evolution of Semantic MediaWiki, a talk by Mark Greaves, Nov 23

RDF Library Presentations (and Example Code)

• Jena (Java) (Example Code)
• RDFLib (Python) (Example Code)
• RDFQuery (JavaScript) (Example Code)
• ARC2 (PHP) (Example Code)