1 Dr Alexiei Dingli Web Science Stream Introduction

2 Introducing myself … B.Sc IT (Hons) –UOM –Multiple Platform Authoring Tool (MultiPlAT) Ph.D in Artificial Intelligence –University of Sheffield (UK) –Annotating the Semantic Web MBA in Technology Management –Grenoble Business School (France) –Aligning operations to strategy using the Balanced Scorecard

3 What is Web Science?

4 Aim of the stream Look at the web –Its present form –Its future form How to make the best of the web Take a look from a practical perspective

5 To move forward the idea of a One Web that is free and open To expand the Web's capability and robustness To extend the Web's benefits to all people on the planet Goals

6 Who is who in Web Science? The stream was created (in alphabetical order) by... –Mr Charlie Abela –Dr Alexiei Dingli –Dr Matthew Montebello

7 Yr 2 –Foundations of Web Science Yr 3 –Engineering Web Science –Connecting Web Science MSc Web Science How is the stream divided?

8 Introducing the subject Foundations of Web Science –Introduction to Web Science and Knowledge Management –Introduction to XML Technologies –Introduction to Web Techniques

9 Introducing Web Science (1) 1.Introductory Lecture 2.A short history of the Internet and the WWW 3.Web Web Web X.0 6.Knowledge management and the knowledge life cycle 7.Acquiring knowledge 8.Modelling knowledge

10 Introducing Web Science (2) 9.Retrieving knowledge 10.Reusing knowledge 11.Publishing knowledge 12.Maintaining knowledge 13.The Semantic Web in the Industry 14.Emerging Technologies 15.Case Studies

11 Introducing to XML Technologies (1) 1 XML 2 DTD 3 X-Schema 4 SAX 5 DOM 6 X-Path 7 X-Query

12 Introducing to XML Technologies (2) 8 XSLT 9 FOP 10 X-Link 11 X-Form

13 1 Installing Ruby on Rails 2 Introduction to Ruby 3 Introduction to Rails 4 Creating a Blog with ROR 5 The Model View Controller 6 Helpers, Forms and Layouts 7 Web 2 with ROR Introduction to Web Techniques (1)

14 8 Creating Twitter with ROR 9 Advanced ROR 10 Web Usability 11 Web Marketing 12 SEO Introduction to Web Techniques (2)

15 Logistics Lectures –Always bring your laptop with you! If you need help – me on –Message me on Facebook –SMS me on

16 Reading Material 1.Stay updated via the WWW 2.Links – – 3.Books

17 Questions?