Add to Date: 7 April 2009, 12:00-16:00
Venue: Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2
Presenter: Dr K. Faith Lawrence, Digital Humanities Specialist (DHO)
The Semantic Web is a web of linked data. But unlike the web as we know it, it is also a web of meaning with underlying rules defining, at a computational level, how different concepts relate to each other.
This additional information allows computers to 'understand' the data and, through that understanding, analyse it in new ways. As digital humanities projects and the data within them becomes more complex, it may seem as though the technology supporting it does as well. This workshop offers the chance to gain an understanding of the principles of that technology and how it might be applicable to digital humanists.
"Introduction to the Semantic Web" is a workshop comprised of two parts: an introductory lecture on the Semantic Web and its surrounding technologies followed by a hands-on session which offers the opportunity to investigate key concepts more closely and to gain exposure to the associated markup languages.
This workshop is aimed at the absolute beginner, and there will be plenty of time scheduled for questions and discussion.
To register for either the lecture or the lecture and the workshop, please visit:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=eOnxSSP5JWRr28plT4ASzA_3d_3d
Places are limited so early registration is recommended to secure a place.
