Structuring knowledge: XML, RDF, Semantic Web

Table of contents

• Good morning
• Content
• I have a dream ...
• Knowledge Management
• Facts and rules (1)
• Facts and rules (2)
• Searching the web
• Vocabularies and ontologies
• What do we need?
• Content
• W3C Logo
• W3C's Mission: Leading the Web to its Full Potential
• W3C: long term goals
• Design Principles of the Web
• Interoperability (technological)
• Interoperability (semantic)
• World Wide Web: the inception
• World Wide Web: the evolution
• Decentralization and peer-to-peer architecture
• Content
• HTML Feature Creep and Need for XML
• HTML was the past
• Why was XML necessary?
• Characteristics of XML
• XML Schema Definition
• Some Advantages of Schemas
• Presenting information
• Future: Common Architecture ...
• Design for all: web sites accessibility
• Content
• Why Metadata?
• What are Metadata?
• Metadata
• What is RDF?
• RDF Data Model
• A simple example
• A more complex statement:
• Graphs and Webs: before RDF
• Graphs and Webs: after RDF
• Namespaces: a key in peer-to-peer architecture
• Namespaces: a key in peer-to-peer architecture (cont.)
• The Semantic Web - Architecture Vision
• The levels in the Semantic Web ...
• Conclusion
• Thanks for your attention