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Resources
This is intendeded to be a relatively short list of resources on the Semantic Web. Send suggestions or comments to finin@cs.umbc.edu.
Starting points
Key documents
- Resource Description Framework (RDF): Concepts and Abstract Syntax
- RDF Semantics
- RDF/XML Syntax Specification
- RDF Vocabulary Description Language 1.0: RDF Schema
- OWL Web Ontology Language Overview
- OWL Web Ontology Language Guide
- OWL Web Ontology Language Reference
- OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Document Overview
- SWRL: A Semantic Web Rule Language Combining OWL and RuleML
- RDFa in XHTML: Syntax and Processing
- SPARQL Query Language for RDF
Mailing lists and forums
Important papers
- The Semantic Web, Scientific American, May 2001.
Courses
Readings
- A readling list from Jeff Heflin's course at Lehigh
- Random papers
Recommended tools and services and software packages
- Editors: Protege, Swoop, ...
- Validators: W3C,
- Search: Swoogle, Watson, SWSE, ...
- Triple stores: stardog,
Blogs
Example applications
- Desktop: Piggy bank, ...
Conferences:
- ISWC -- The International Semantic Web Conference is the premier conference for the area. It grew out of a workshop held in 2001.
- ESWC -- The Extended Semantic Web Conference is an annual event that brings together researchers in the field of Semantic Web and semantic technologies in general.
- Web Science
Journals:
- Journal of Web Semantics
- Semantic Web Journal
- International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems
On XML
- XML in 10 points - "If you are new to XML, it may be hard to know where to begin. This summary in 10 points attempts to capture enough of the basic concepts to enable a beginner to see the forest through the trees."
- Extensible Markup Language (XML) - This is the W3C's inroductory page on XML