Outline and Schedule

1) Introduction

  • What is Linked Data
  • Linked Data Principles

2) Consuming Linked Data by Humans

  • Linked Data Browsers
  • Faceted Browsing

3) Consuming Linked Data by Machines

  • RDF
  • URI Dereferencing
  • HTTP content negotiation

4) Querying Linked Data with SPARQL

  • SPARQL introduction
  • Querying a SPARQL Endpoint
  • Follow Up Queries
  • Querying a Collection of Datasets
  • Federated Query Processing
  • Linked Traversal Based Query Execution

5) Getting Started

  • Finding URI's
  • Finding SPARQL Endpoints
  • Finding Links

6) Linked Data Applications

  • What is a Linked Data Application
  • Examples
  • Lessons Learned

7) Open Research Problems

  • Top 10 Research problems of 2009
  • Hot Topics of 2010