CmpE 583 Web Semantics
(Fall 2007, Atilla ELÇİ)
FINAL TAKEHOME EXAM
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Reference the topic assigned to you, write a paper reporting your review,
development of ideas and findings on/around the subject. Any references I
provided on your topic are for your guidance or starting point only; you are
welcome to interpret the intent of the subject in a coherent manner. Please check
your topic immediately, try finding alternate sources through authors’ web site or
other and contact me if you have persistent problems.
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Your review may be one of the following three kinds which shall be explicitly
indicated in the title of your paper (such as “A survey paper on …”):
o Survey paper: reviews the topic, covering relevant references but does
not express explicit personal opinion or judgment
o Position paper: 3-4 pages of survey followed by personal evaluation,
indications of research directions, and other educated- but purelypersonal opinion
o Evolved paper: 2-3 pages of review followed by a project idea and
development of it complete with design, development, smoke test, and
findings. Hint: time is a serious constraint for this alternative.
In any case, of your topic, your review work should cover definitions,
measures, advantages, uses, tools, approaches (applications), and examples as
appropriate. It’s better to use these or similar section headings instead of
generic headings such as ‘Introduction’, ‘Conclusion’, etc.
It’s better not to take extended passages from other’s work; instead rephrase.
In any case any amount of excerpted material (text, table, image, graphics,
listing, or what ever) will have to be quoted if taken as is and at least marked
by a reference to its source;
Plagiarism is not tolerated;
Length of your review may be about 8-10 pages in LNCS style, 5-6 pages in
ACM/IEEE CS two-column conference paper style. Number of pages is
indicated as suggested, actual paper may be shorter or longer as necessary. I
advise you to keep it short.
Try find relevant journal papers and include them in the references properly
referred to from within the text;
Try using newer references preferably not older than 4 years;
Supply hard- & soft-copy of your paper and softcopies of your references on a
CD.
Due date: At noon 28 Jan. (sharp)
Subject List:
TOPIC
1. Ontology Change management:
� Understanding ontology evolution: A change detection approach
Peter Plessers, Olga De Troyer and Sven Casteleyn. Journal of Web
GRADE
STUDENT
86
Maryam
Semantics 5 (1), 2007
http://www.websemanticsjournal.org/papers/20071025/Understandingo
ntologyevolutionPlessersV5I1pdf.pdf
� OWL-Eu: Adding Customised Datatypes into OWL
Pan Jeff Z. and Ian Horrocks. Journal of Web Semantics 4 (1), 2005
http://www.websemanticsjournal.org/papers/20050811/document.pdf
2. Ontology editing:
� Swoop: A Web Ontology Editing Browser
Aditya Kalyanpur, Bijan Parsia, Evren Sirin, Grau Bernardo Cuenca
and James Hendler. Journal of Web Semantics 4 (2), 2006
http://www.websemanticsjournal.org/papers/20060405/document3.pdf
� Discovering Shared Conceptualizations in Folksonomies
Robert Jaschke, Andreas Hotho, Christoph Schmitz, Bernhard Ganter
and Gerd Stumme. Journal of Web Semantics 6 (1), 2008
http://www.websemanticsjournal.org/papers/2007119/DiscoveringShare
dConceptualizationsStummeV6I1.pdf
65
Omid
3. SemWeb Test-beds:
� TAP: An Semantic Web Test-bed
R. Guha and R. McCool. Journal of Web Semantics 1 (1), 2004
http://www.websemanticsjournal.org/papers/20040701/document5.pdf
� LUBM: A Benchmark for OWL Knowledge Base Systems
Yuanbo Guo, Zhengxiang Pan and Jeff Heflin. Journal of Web
Semantics 3 (2), 2005
http://www.websemanticsjournal.org/papers/20050719/document9.pdf
94
Aslı
4. Visualization of Ontology and Ontology-based info:
� GrOWL: A tool for visualization and editing of OWL ontologies
Sergey Krivov, Richard J. Williams and Ferdinando Villa. Journal of
Web Semantics 5 (2), 2007
http://www.websemanticsjournal.org/papers/20071023/GrowlKrivovV5
I2.pdf
� Spectacle is a visualization and browsing tool for ontology-based
information:
C. Fluit, H. Horst, J. van der Meer, M. Sabou, P. Mika, Spectacle. In J.
Davies, D. Fensel, F. van Harmelen (Eds) Towards the Semantic Web:
Ontology-Driven Knowledge Management (2003, 145-159).
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Shima
5. Web 2.0 & Semantic Web: same or different?
� The Two Cultures: Mashing up Web 2.0 and the Semantic Web
Anupriya Ankolekar, Markus Krozsch, Thanh Tran and Denny
Vrandecic. Journal of Web Semantics 6 (1), 2008
http://www.websemanticsjournal.org/papers/2007119/TheTwoCultures
V6I1.pdf
� Metcalfe's Law Applies to Web 2.0 and the Semantic Web
James Hendler and Jennifer Golbeck. Journal of Web Semantics 6 (1),
2008
http://www.websemanticsjournal.org/papers/2007119/MetcalfsLawGol
beckV6I1.pdf
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Baharak
6. Semantic Wiki: The Ultimate Semantic Web Application?
� SweetWiki: a semantic wiki
Michel Buffa, Fabien L. Gandon, Peter Sander, Catherine Faron and
Guillaume Ereteo. Journal of Web Semantics 6 (1), 2008
http://www.websemanticsjournal.org/papers/2007119/SweetWikiBuffa
V6I1.pdf
� Semantic Media Wiki
By Ontoworld.org
http://ontoworld.org/wiki/Main_Page
90
GRADING ITEM
MAX GRADE
Kind selection: S/P/E
5
Style/Format observed?
10
Covers:
5
 Definitions, measures
10
 Uses, tools,
5
 Advantages
10
 Approaches, applications
10
 Examples
Original wording?
10
Coherent, intelligible?
10
Sufficient references? Properly referred to?
10
Journal papers? Newer?
5
Softcopies supplied?
10
TOTAL
100
(Updated: 29 Jan 2008)
Siamak