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

• W3C Semantic Web activity

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
• 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

• W3c Owl development
• W3c RDF logic
• Other W3C public mailing lists

Important papers

• The Semantic Web, Scientific American, May 2001.

Readings

• A readling list from Jeff Heflin's course at Lehigh
• Random papers

Recommended tools and services

• Editors: Protege, Swoop, ...
• Validators:
• Search: Swoogle, ...
• Triple stores:

Software

• Packages: Jena (java), Redland (C), ...
• Reasoners: Pellet, ...

Blogs

• Planet RDF

Example applications

• Desktop: Piggy bank, ...

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