CS594 "Semantic Web: Models and Query Languages"
Some Topics of Interest
As the name indicates, the following list does not intend to cover all the potential topics of interest, but list a few topics that will give an idea of interesting subjects that are relevant to the topic of the course (see resources that cover the topics below).
| Topics | Sub-Topics |
| Data Models* | |
| E-R Model | |
| Semantic Data Models | |
| XML** | |
| RDF | |
| Topic Maps | |
| Conceptual Graphs | |
| Query Languages | |
| Declarative Query Languages | |
| Expressive Power | |
| Graph Query Languages | |
| XML | |
| RDF | |
| Knowledge Representation* | |
| Ontologies | |
| Agents | |
| Rules and Inference | |
| Networking and Systems | |
| Protocols, e.g., SOAP | |
| Software Engineering | |
| UML | |
| APIs (e.g., for XML and for RDF) | |
| Link Analysis | |
| Web as a Graph | |
| Advanced Search Engines (e.g., Google) | |
| Metadata* | |
| Vocabularies (e.g., Dublin Core) | |
| Graphics and Visualization | |
| Visualization of Graphs | |
| User Interfaces | |
| Implementation of Visual Query Languages | |
| Intelligent Display of Information | |
| Other Topics | |
| Wireless Communications | |
| Security and Privacy | |
| User/Group Profiles |