Kimman Lui, PhD (雷剑文）
cskmlui @ comp.polyu.edu.hk
About this course
• Do you know what this course is about?
• What would you expect from this course?
• How much do you know about Web
Database?
AND
OR
Assessment
• Individual Assignment 1– 10 %
– Learning outcome: Students can apply the basic
Xquery language.
• Individual Assignment 2– 10 %
– Learning outcome: Students can understand the
difference between XML and graph database and
most importantly they know when and where
XML/graph database should be adopted.
• Group Project – 25 %
– Learning outcome: Students can provide practical
advices on the enhancements for many existing
B2B and B2C web database applications
• Exam – 55 %
Teaching Plan
1
Introduction to WD: RDBMS, OODB, XML, NoSQL
2014-01-16
2
Data with Schema: DTD , Schema, W3C
2014-01-23
3
Graph Database (Neo4j) and Group Project with Lab
2014-01-25
4
W3C, Xpath and XQuery
2014-02-13
5
Lab I: Schema and SQL_SPY
2014-02-20
6
XML Storage
2014-02-27
7
XML Indexing and Memcached + Guest Talk
2014-03-06
8
Ajax , JSON, REST and CouchDB
2014-03-13
9
Lab II: IBM DB2 and XQuery
2014-03-20
10
NoSQL Cassandra
2014-03-27
11
Presentation
2014-04-03
12
NoSQL and MapReduce
2014-04-10
13
Web Services
2014-04-17
14
Review Lecture
2014-04-24
What we want to cover
this term?
• Semi-structural data - XML
– Ongoing developments and industrial applications
• Assumptions
– RDBMS
– Web programming is preferable
• SAX, DOM, Ajax, JSON, Neo4j, CouchDB, REST, NoSQL
• There is some system work with IBM DB2
• More focus on analytical and conceptual skills
• Discussion and presentations are important
Class Organization
• Lecture
• Workshop/Tutorial
Course Website
http://geogle.comp.polyu.edu.hk/cwd
Reference Book
Class Organization
• Lecture
• Workshop/Tutorial
Individual Assignment and
Group Project
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Two Individual Assignments
One Group Project
Report: File Format
• .doc (NOT .docx nor .pdf)
Open-Notes Exam
• 2 Hours
• Short Questions
(Word-limited Answers)
• Case Studies
(and/or Long Questions)
Late Submission
fair
To be
for students who hand in their assignments on time
• 5 marks deduced for one day
• 6 for two
• 7 for tree
• 8 for four
• 9 for five
• 10 for more than five
Applications for exemption from penalty must be made in
writing (e.g. email) with a proof (e.g. a copy of air tickets)
Plagiarism
• Plagiarism is not acceptable as part of
University policy.
• Plagiarism includes:
– 1) submitting work that was performed by another
individual, and;
– 2) improperly referencing material from published
resources.
• Talk to me if you are unsure
about how to reference material.
Other Requests
• Please demonstrate your professionalism by
respecting the comments and questions of your
classmates, and by silencing all cellular phones
and pagers.
• Please bring all relevant material to each class.
• Please feel free to contact me with questions
regarding course material.
• Please allow me to make minor adjustments to
the syllabus, as circumstances require.
Exam Tips
• Does a trading company need a computer system?
Answer
I think a trading company needs a good computer system to
support their business so that people in the company can
work closely together and access their information any time.
Answer
To integrate different functions of business processes, ERP is
indispensable to share information with co-workers, control
collaborative workflow, assess real-time information
 Answer the questions using technical vocabulary
Email to me
• Please write down
your course code
and student
number so that I
can response to
you earlier.
cskmlui@comp.polyu.edu.hk
Acknowledgement
• The PPT is based on the excellent lecture
notes last year.
• I thank Prof Vincent Ng.
• Note that any mistake on PPT is mine!