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