Thanks to Jerry and to Joe and Karen - these links look good!

Cindy Harper, Systems Librarian
Colgate University Libraries
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On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Jerry Persons <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> A couple of things you might look at:
>
> [1] just published, free HTML version ... Heath and Bizer
> http://linkeddatabook.com/editions/1.0/
>
> Tom Heath and Christian Bizer (2011) Linked Data: Evolving the
> Web into a Global Data Space (1st edition). Synthesis Lectures on
> the Semantic Web: Theory and Technology, 1:1, 1-136. Morgan &
> Claypool.
>
> [2] the materials for the 2-day intro to "Web of Data" from Talis
> http://dynamicorange.com/2010/11/03/web-of-data/
> leading to:
> http://api.talis.com/stores/training/items/training.html
> http://api.talis.com/stores/training/items/exercises.html
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Cindy Harper
> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 9:32 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] online course on the semantic web?
>
> The JHU course is a semester-long equivalent, and is in the $3000
> range.
>
> Cindy Harper, Systems Librarian
> Colgate University Libraries
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> 315-228-7363
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Joe Hourcle
> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
> > On Mar 5, 2011, at 3:01 PM, Cindy Harper wrote:
> >
> > > Well, I just walked my 80-year-old mother through setting up
> her
> > > wireless router and wireless on her desktop and laptop via
> telephone
> > > NY-to-VA, and now I feel like I can think about another
> challenge
> > > for the coming season(s). Does anyone know of a good online
> course
> > > that's an
> > introduction
> > > to semantic web technology that they could recommend? My
> goals are
> > > simply
> > to
> > > understand more and be able to code a little, and afterward
> applying
> > > it
> > to
> > > linked data?  I know of one course this summer at Johns
> Hopkins
> > Engineering
> > > for Professionals program
> > >
> http://ep.jhu.edu/course-homepages/viewpage.php?homepage_id=2993,
> > > but
> > it's
> > > rather pricey. Anyone know of cheaper options or creative
> ideas for
> > funding?
> >
> >
> > I don't know how introductory it'd be, but ASIS&T has been
> doing a lot
> > of 'webinars' this year, and there are ones coming up on the
> 9th and
> > 13th on linked data, and the first one sounds like it'll cover
> some
> > semantic web
> > issues::
> >
> >
> http://asis.org/Conferences/webinars/2011/linked-data.html
> >
> > (I can't compare prices to the JHU one, as I didn't see any
> pricing on
> > the JHU site; this round of ASIS&T webinars are $25 for
> members, $59
> > for non-members; some in the past have been free for ASIS&T
> members)
> >
> > Also, looking at MIT's Open Courseware catalog, I see a few
> individual
> > lessons that might be applicable:
> >
> >        http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
> >
> > In the past, I've looked at some of the courses from W3schools
> (not
> > affiliated with W3C, but has some tutorials on various things
> related
> > to the web).
> >  They
> > tend to be fairly introductory, but they have two that might be
> of
> > interest:
> >
> >        http://www.w3schools.com/rdf/default.asp
> >        http://www.w3schools.com/semweb/default.asp
> >
> > -Joe
> >
> > -----
> > Joe Hourcle
> > Programmer/Analyst
> > Solar Data Analysis Center
> > Goddard Space Flight Center
> >
>