Introduction to Semantic Web - This is a 55 mins lecturer I gave to Undergraduate students who took CS1150 - Introduction to Computer Science course at Wright State University. The talk covered how Web evolved into Semantic Web, pointers to major technologies behind the Semantic Web and well known Semantic Web applications.

1. INTRODUCTION TO
SEMANTIC WEB
CS 1150 – INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE
BY - SANJAYA WIJERATNE

2. OVERVIEW
• What is Semantic Web?
• Evolution of the Web
• Semantic Web Technologies
• Applications of Semantic Web
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4. WHAT IS SEMANTIC WEB?
The Semantic Web is the extension of the World Wide Web that
enables people to share content beyond the boundaries of
applications and websites. It has been described in rather different
ways: as a utopic vision, as a web of data, or merely as a natural
paradigm shift in our daily use of the Web. Most of all, the
Semantic Web has inspired and engaged many people to create
innovative semantic technologies and applications.
4Source – http://semanticweb.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Source – http://blogs.voices.com/thebiz/2006/09/web_20_definition.html Source – http://www.evolvedmommy.com/web2-0/

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Source – http://www.gadgetsmagazine.com.ph/good-finds/ibms-watson-crushes-human-opposition-in-jeopardy-robot-uprising-not-far-behind.html
Source – http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2011/12/16/iphone-4s-jailbreak-incredible-siri-hack-lets-you-shout-settings/

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8. COMPARISON – WEB 1.0, WEB 2.0 AND WEB
3.0
Web 1.0 Web 2.0 Web 3.0
Page Content Mostly Read Only (Static) Widely Read-Write Portable and Personal
Web Page Types Mostly Home/Company Pages Blogs, Wiki, Social Media,
Information Sharing
Streaming Data with
Real-time updates
Application Types Web Forms Web Applications Smart Applications
Content Usage Publishers Owned Content Communities Shared
Content
Applications Shared and
Consolidated Content
Knowledge Seeking Encyclopedias (Eg – Britannica) Social Knowledge-bases Web of Data
Technologies HTML XML/RSS RDF/RDFS/OWL
8Semantic Web Introduction Video – http://goo.gl/zB8BW

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11. SEMANTIC WEB TECHNOLOGIES
• OWL (Web Ontology Language) – Use to Represent
Knowledge in Semantic Web Applications
• Eg – Egg is a Concept. Egg has 6g of Protein.
• RDF/RDFS (Resource Description Framework) – Data Modelling
Language for Semantic Web. All data are stored as RDF triples
• Eg – <domain:Egg> < domain:has> <domain:Protein>
• SPARQL (SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language) – Used to
Query RDF Datasets
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Source – http://www.semanticfocus.com/blog/entry/title/introduction-to-the-semantic-web-vision-and-technologies-part-1-overview/

12. APPLICATIONS OF SEMANTIC WEB
• Widely Known Applications
• Google Knowledge Graph
• IBM Watson
• Apple’s SIRI
• Developed at Kno.e.sis
• Twitris and many others
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13. Source – http://www.cityofcarver.com/2013/09/thank-you-steamboat-days-committee/