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 |