Sessions at International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications about OWL and Metadata Application Profiles on Tuesday 4th September

{Please note: an additional fee is assessed for this session. See the registration form.}

Learning Goals (Abstract): This tutorial session will focus on application profile and ontology design for semantic interoperability. The participants will learn:

how to design application profiles using Oxygen XML editor;
how to design RDF/OWL ontology using Protégé ontology editor; and
how to design Topic Map ontology using Ontopoly topic maps editor.

Who Should Attend: This tutorial can be beneficial for those who want to learn about metadata and ontology in general with some technical depth, are interested in providing better information service by utilizing metadata and ontology, and want to acquire in technical knowledge of how to develop application profiles and ontologies.

Summary Outline:

Part I: Metadata Basics

Introduction to XML Schema
Understanding Dublin Core (DC) and Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) vocabulary structures
Designing DC and MODS-based application profiles using Oxygen
Introduction to Resource Description Framework (RDF)/Web Ontology Language (OWL)
Introduction to ontology design methodology
Designing RDF/OWL ontologies using Protégé
Introduction to Topic Maps
Designing Topic Maps ontology using Ontopoly