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INF5909SSW - Socio-Semantic Web and Knowledge Federation

Facts about this course: Credits: 10 Level: Advanced course at master's level Teaching semester: Spring 2009 Examination semester: Spring 2009 Language of instruction: English if requested by exchange students, otherwise Norwegian Administrated by: Department of Informatics (Ifi)

Detailed course information - Current and previous semesters: Spring 2009

Course content

The Web’s inventor Tim Berners-Lee claims that the Web is entering a new phase, in which the wealth of resources that have become available online will be organized in a more meaningful or ‘semantic’ way. At the same time, the growth the Wikipedia and the ‘blogosphere’ shows that completely new ways of co-creating knowledge are beginning to be common. What will the creation and organization of knowledge be like in the future? The goal of this course is to introduce the students to related research, technical developments and trends.

Learning outcomes

We shall learn:

1. About recent Internet-related developments that are expected to have large impact on Internet technology as well as on business and society.
2. To use some of the recently developed methods and technologies for organizing and co-creating knowledge resources on the Web such as Semantic Web (RDF, OWL), Topic Maps, ontology design, semantic follksonomies, dialog mapping tools (Compendium, Cohere and others), Mediawiki, Meme Media Technology, semantic desktop technologies and others.
3. To apply those methods and technologies through project work, specifically in:
   - Handling ‘global issues’ or ‘wicked problems’ such as the climate change,
   - Flexible e-learning
   - Scientific production and communication
4. About related research.

Admission

Students at UiO must apply for courses in StudentWeb.

International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

The examination in this course is not available for external candidates. Only students admitted to the course may sit for the examination.

Prerequisites

No obligatory prerequisites beyond the minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway.

Teaching

There will be one two-hour lecture meeting per week throughout the semester.

In addition, each student will do one individual and one group project during the semester.

This course contains mandatory assignments which must be completed and approved.

Rules for mandatory assignments:
http://www.ifi.uio.no/studier/skjemaer/oblig-retningslinjer_eng.pdf

Submission requirement for mandatory assignments:
http://www.ifi.uio.no/studier/skjemaer/declaration.pdf

Teaching takes place throughout the semester.

Exam information

All mandatory assignments must be approved prior to the exam.

Within the limits of the University of Oslo regulation, each student will be able to choose whether to receive a letter grade (A to F) or Pass/Fail.

An oral exam will be given at the end of the semester.

The grade will be based 50% on the oral exam and 50% on project work.

Exam resources

No special exam resources are allowed.

Language of examination

The language of examination is Norwegian. You can apply to the administrators of the course to be given the exam text in English. It is possible to submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.

Assessment and grading

External auditor: Trond Aalberg

An external auditor regularly evaluates the academic quality of the course, including the form of exam used on the course.

Explanations and appeals

Students can request an explanation of their grades, and can also appeal against their grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals

Possibility of make-up exams and re-takes

You can usually resit an exam, but the conditions depend on whether you had a valid reason for absence from the regular exam. Read more about resitting an exam .

Exam options for students with special needs

Students may apply for access to alternative exam resources or exam forms on the basis of chronic illness and/or special needs that create a marked disadvantage to other students in the exam situation. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.

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