TU Graz: Course: 707.000 Web Science and Web Technology: Lecture 9: Metadata, Tagging and Folksonomies

In this class, we will discuss metadata as well as current phenomena such as tagging and folksonomies. Readings: Ontologies Are Us: A Unified Model of Social Networks and Semantics, P. Mika, International Semantic Web Conference, 522-536, 2005. [Web link] Optional: Folksonomies: power to the people, E. Quintarelli, ISKO Italy-UniMIB Meeting, (2005)

TU Graz: Course: 707.000 Web Science and Web Technology: Lecture 8: Web Technologies 1

This class focuses on a selected subset of web technologies that are of interest to the topics of this course. Readings: Chapter 5 "Representational State Transfer (REST)", in "Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architecture", Roy Fielding, Dissertation, University of California Irvine, 2000 Optional: Chapter "Representational State Transfer (REST)" in "Pro PHP XML and Web Services", R. Richards 633--672, 2006

INFO2009 A presentation with quiz and tutorial on Web 3.0

A resource for the teaching of concepts involved in 'web 3.0', including a powerpoint presentation with quiz, and accompanying tutorial

WAIS seminar: Ontologies on the Web: An Alternative Model

Wednesday 2nd April 2014 Speaker(s): Stefan Decker Time: 02/04/2014 11:00-11:50 Location: B2/1083 File size: 897 Mb Abstract Ontologies have been promoted and used for knowledge sharing. Several models for representing ontologies have been developed in the Knowledge Representation field, in particular associated with the Semantic Web. In my talk I will summarise developments so far, and will argue that the currently advocated approaches miss certain basic properties of current distributed information sharing infrastructures (read: the Web and the Internet). I will sketch an alternative model aiming to support knowledge sharing and re-use on a global basis.

Geoservicios web SIOSE: un sistema de información como servicio público

Tras finalizar la producción del Sistema de Información de Ocupación de Suelo en España (SIOSE) afrontamos su publicación en la red. A la hora de decidir la estrategia de difusión de la información debemos tener en cuenta las necesidades de los usuarios, dando acceso a la visualización, consulta y análisis de los datos originales del sistema y de sus diferentes vistas temáticas. SIOSE tiene, para realizar esta tarea de forma adecuada, dos características que nos condicionan: su gran volumen de información y la complejidad semántica de su modelo de datos orientado a objetos. A partir de una arquitectura construida con componentes de software libre, desde el sistema operativo hasta las aplicaciones servidoras; los geoservicios web estándar son la primera opción para comunicar información geográfica a través de la web, pero las posibles soluciones son múltiples y muy variadas. Además los servicios deben combinarse y coordinarse con otras herramientas de publicación, como la libre descarga de los datos en bruto, para conseguir que SIOSE cumpla con su función de infraestructura de información territorial sobre la que generar valor añadido y para que sea una herramienta útil de análisis del territorio. Describiremos como hemos configurado nuestros servicios de visualización y consulta de los datos para mostrar en la red toda la jerarquía de información y los diferentes enfoques de análisis con los que se puede abordar SIOSE y como hemos intentado optimizar el rendimiento de estos servicios para ofrecer tiempos de respuesta adecuados ante cualquier posible petición

Exploring context-awareness in the construction logistics services delivery

Managing a construction project supply chain effectively and efficiently is extremely difficult due to involvement of numerous sectors that are supported by ineffective communication system. An efficient construction supply chain system ensures the delivery of materials and other services to construction site while minimising costs and rewarding all sectors based on value added to the supply chain. The advancement of information, communication and wireless technologies is driving construction companies to deploy supply chain management strategies to seek better outputs. As part of the emerging wireless technologies, contextaware computing capability represents the next generation of ICT to the construction services. Conceptually, context-awareness could be integrated with Web Services in order to ensure the delivery of pertinent information to construction site and enhance construction supply chain collaboration. An initial study has indicated that this integrated system has the potential of serving and improving the construction services delivery through access to context-specific data, information and services on as-needed basis.

An EPN-based method for web service composition

Web service composition can be facilitated by an automatic process which consists of rules, conditions and actions. This research has adapted ElementaryPetri Net (EPN) to analyze and model the web services and their composition. This paper describes a set of techniques for representing transition rules, algorithm and workflow that web service composition can be automatically carried out.

e-learning services provision and management

With the rapid development of information technology, learners demand effective personalised learning support, which imposes a new learning paradigm in learning content management. Standards as well as best practice in industry and research community have taken place to address the paradigm shift. With respect to this trend, it is recognised that finding learning content which meet personal learning requirements remains challenging. This paper describes a model of e-learning services provision which integrates the best practice in e-learning and Web services technology so that learning content management is capable of supporting applications of learning services.

Styx grid services: lightweight middleware for efficient scientific workflows

The service-oriented approach to performing distributed scientific research is potentially very powerful but is not yet widely used in many scientific fields. This is partly due to the technical difficulties involved in creating services and workflows and the inefficiency of many workflow systems with regard to handling large datasets. We present the Styx Grid Service, a simple system that wraps command-line programs and allows them to be run over the Internet exactly as if they were local programs. Styx Grid Services are very easy to create and use and can be composed into powerful workflows with simple shell scripts or more sophisticated graphical tools. An important feature of the system is that data can be streamed directly from service to service, significantly increasing the efficiency of workflows that use large data volumes. The status and progress of Styx Grid Services can be monitored asynchronously using a mechanism that places very few demands on firewalls. We show how Styx Grid Services can interoperate with with Web Services and WS-Resources using suitable adapters.