This is an archived syllabus from 2013-2014
Enrolment on this course unit is limited to 61 students.
COMP38120 Documents, Services and Data on the Web syllabus 2013-2014
COMP38120 Documents, Services and Data on the Web
Level 3
Credits: 20
Enrolled students: 65
Course leader: Norman Paton
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Requisites
- Pre-Requisite (Compulsory): COMP18112
- Pre-Requisite (Compulsory): COMP23111
- Pre-Requisite (Compulsory): COMP28112
Assessment methods
- 60% Written exam
- 40% Coursework
| Semester | Event | Location | Day | Time | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sem 1 w1-5,7-10 | Workshop | Collab | Mon | 13:00 - 13:00 | - |
| Sem 1 w11-12 | Lab | LF31 | Mon | 13:00 - 13:00 | - |
| Sem 2 w19-20,26-28,32 | Lab | 3rdLab | Fri | 13:00 - 13:00 | - |
| Sem 2 w21-25,33 | Workshop | Collab | Fri | 13:00 - 13:00 | - |
- Web and Distributed Systems
Overview
The web is a rich and rapidly evolving resource. In this course unit we will explore principles and techniques that underpin the web, and investigate how these are applied to provide webs of documents, services and data. In so doing, the concepts and standards associated with resource identification, access, description and scalability will be introduced, along with recurring functionalities such as publication and search.
This is a 20 credit course unit that runs for the entire year. Each semester involves workshops that introduce and provide experience with the key technical concepts, which are then brought together in an individual software project that will include the development of scalable search techniques for documents and data.
Aims
The aim of this course unit is to provide insights into and experience of techniques relating to documents, services and data on the web. The approach is that fundamental drivers, concepts and techniques for web documents, services and data are presented and discussed in workshop settings, and that a laboratory applies and evaluates the techniques in practice.
Syllabus
Enabling the web
- The internet and the web.
- Basic platform: URI, HTTP, DNS.
- Recurring themes: browsing, searching, crawling, linking, annotating, dynamism, scale.
- Web standards: HTTP, XML, RDF.
The document web
- Document management.
- Crawling and analysing the web.
- Information retrieval: meeting information needs, indexing, ranking.
- Web graph mining, including PageRank.
- Enhancing search through analytics and annotation.
The services web
- Services and the web.
- Types of service: software, platform, infrastructure.
- Cloud services: drivers and challenges.
- Developing scalable cloud services, including map/reduce.
The web of data
- Data on the web, shallow and deep web.
- Linked open data, and the linked data principles.
- Linked data design.
- Publishing linked data.
- Consuming and aggregating linked data.
Feedback methods
The unit consists of workshops and laboratories: both such formats are interactive and enable continuous formative feedback. Summative feedback will be provided on two assessed laboratory activities.Study hours
Employability skills
- Analytical skills
- Innovation/creativity
- Problem solving
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, a student will be able to:
Learning outcomes are detailed on the COMP38120 course unit syllabus page on the School of Computer Science's website for current students.
Reading list
No reading list found for COMP38120.
Additional notes
Course unit materials
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