Digital documents
Professor Nils Pharo
Email: Nils.Pharo@hioa.no
Prerequirements
The students need a basic understanding of XML
Learning outcome
On the completion of this module, the student
- has advanced knowledge about different forms of digital libraries
- has advanced knowledge of different metadata formats for describing digital documents
- has thorough knowledge of secure interoperability between metadata formats
- has thorough knowledge about the relationships between traditional tools for subject indexing, such as thesauri and subject headings, and ontologies
- has wide knowledge about standards used for developing the semantic web
Skills attainment
On the completion of this module, the student
- is able to discuss and choose metadata formats for digital libraries
- is able to develop solutions for conversion to secure metadata interoperability
- is able to model medium complex ontologies
- is able to implement simple ontologies as RDF
Programme description with sullabys
Course schedule
Exam 2007 (pdf), Exam 2008 (pdf), Exam 2009 (pdf). Possible solution to 2c (2009), Exam 2010 (pdf)
The exam is scheduled for 6. December.
Lectures will take place in room S543. All lectures will be streamed online, connect to https://connect.uninett.no/digital_documents/ to view the lectures. Please use vlc to see the MP4-files.
Semester thesis information
You are expected to form groups of 3-4 members to write a paper on a topic of your choice, based on, e.g., empirical data, extensive literature study, theoretical considerations etc related to digital documents and digital libraries. The topic must be discussed with and be approved by the teacher. The length of the paper should be approximately 15 pages and not extend 20 pages. Examples of topics from previous years: hybrid and digital libraries: metadata practitices, Librarything indexing practices, applying peer-to-peer systems in a digital library setting and challenges of digital libraries in developing countries.
Submit your semester thesis in digital form via email to nils.pharo@hioa.no
| Week | Topic | Required reading |
| 36 |
| Shepherd & Watters (1998); Wright (2007) Videos: part1 (connect)/mp4, part2 (connect)/mp4, part3 (connect)/mp4 |
| 37 |
| Bearman (2007); Borgman (1999); Lynch (2002); Schwartz (2000); Lesk (2005) Videos: part1 (connect)/mp4, part2 (connect)/mp4, part3 (connect)/mp4 |
| 38 | Indexing | Svenonius (1999) Videos: part1 (connect)/mp4, part2 (connect)/mp4, part3 (connect)/mp4 |
| 39 | Ontologies | Svenonius (1999); Morville (2005); Weinberger (2007) Videos: part1 (connect)/mp4, part2 (connect)/mp4 |
| 40 | The semantic web | Berners-Lee, Hendler & Lassila (2001); Passin (2004), chapters 1, 2 and 7; Stuart (2010) Videos: part1 (connect)/mp4, part2 (connect)/mp4 |
| 41 | User behaviour in digital environments (self-taught lecture) | Pharo & Järvelin (2004; 2006) |
| 42 | SKOS and Linked data | Berners-Lee (2007); Bizer, Cyganiak & Heath (2008); Summers et al (2007); Styles, Ayers & Shabir (2008) Videos: part1 (connect)/mp4, part 2 (connect)/mp4 |
| 43 | Ontology modelling seminar Ontology modelling Web of data | Presentation 1, Presentation 2 |
| 44 | Introduction to topic maps | Passin (2004), chapter 3; Pepper (2002) Videos: part1 (connect)/mp4, part2 (connect)/mp4 |
| 45 | Topic maps and knowledge organisation | Garshol (2004); Pepper (2007) Videos: part1 (connect)/mp4, part2 (connect)/mp4 |
| 46 | Dublin Core and other metadata formats | DCMI Usage Team (2006); Hillman (2005) Videos: part1 (connect)/mp4, part2 (connect)/mp4, part3 (connect)/mp4 |
| 47 | Metadata interoperability | Chan & Zeng (2006); Zeng & Chan (2006) |
| 48 | Introducing an institutional repository Thesis seminar | NB: from 10 to 15.15 Morville & Rosenfeld (2007) |
| 49 | Exam | |
| 49 |
Resources
Programme description with syllabus