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

*Closely related subjects
**Strictly speaking XML is a mark-up language, many people pointing to its absence of semantics