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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 [log in to unmask] 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 >