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CS/INFO 431/631: Web Information Systems

Lecture Schedule

Lectures over the semester will cover the following topics in this approximate order:

This list of topics may be adjusted according to the interests and needs of the class.  The following table will record the exact lecture schedule through the semester.  Slides set in pdf and appropriate examples will be posted shortly following each lecture.

Date Topic Lecture Materials
1/22Course Introduction - Points on a Spectrum Slides
1/24Coherence and Invisibility: The Library Behind the Curtain Slides
1/29Internet and the Web: History, governance, standards Slides
1/31Architecture of the World Wide Web Slides
2/5Bibliographic Theory - Defining Information Units Slides
2/7Identity and Identifiers Slides
2/12Markup Languages - SGML, HTML, XML Slides, Examples
2/14XML Meta-languages - DTDs, XML Schema Slides, Examples
2/19XML Meta-languages (cont)
Discussion Section (snowstorm rescheduled)
 
2/21Cataloging, Metadata, and Resource Description Slides
2/23Metadata and Dublin Core Slides Examples - XML Schema
Examples - DC
2/26Section Rescheduled from 2/23  
2/28Metadata for Interoperability Slides
oai-examples
3/5Transforming XML - XSL and XPath Slides
xpath-examples
3/7Transforming XML (2) Slides
Examples
3/12Transforming XML (3) Slides
Examples
3/14Semantic Interoperability and Knowledge Integration Slides
3/19
3/12
Spring Break  
3/26Introducing the Semantic Web Slides
3/28Semantic Web Basics - RDF Meta Model Slides
4/2Semantic Web Schema and Ontologies Slides
4/4Semantic Web - OWL Slides
4/9Building ontologies with Protege OWL Slides
4/11Integrating Web services, Content, and Semantic Relationships Slides
4/16Fedora Slides
examples
4/18Intellectual Property in the Digital Age (Guest lecture: Peter Hirtle)  
4/23Preservation and Longevity Slides
4/25eScholarship, eScience Slides
4/30Elevator Speak Slides
5/2Project 2 Workshop