Semantic Web Programming 2: Programming with the Semantic Web Technologies

1. Please read Chapter3, Chapter4 and Chapter5 from the Semantic Web Programming book
2. Install the following software on your computer:
   1. Compiling and execution tools: Java 1.6 Software Development Kit (SDK) (or newer)
   2. Code-editing tools: Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) (or equivalent)
   3. Semantic Web Programming Framework: Jena Semantic Web Framework 2.5.6 (or newer)
   4. Ontology Reasoner: Pellet 1.5.2 (or newer)

Optionally you can download:

• Ontology editing tool: Protege Ontology Editor 4.0 Alpha (or newer)

1. Download Chapter5 project files.
2. Create a new project
   1. Add downloaded files to the project.
   2. Add downloaded Jena libraries to the project.
3. Compile and run the project.
   1. NOTE: The second argument (input format) may be one of the following: N3, RDF/XML, N-Triple, or Turtle
4. Run the project for each option of reasonins: none, rdfs or owl and compare the results.
   1. What rules have been applied? Write about them in the report.
5. Extend the program by:
   1. 
   2. …

Answer 7 from the below questions in the report.

Chapters 3, 4:

• What is a vocabulary?
• What is a taxonomy?
• What is an ontology?
• What is Open World Assumption and Closed World Assumpion? Which one is adopted in RDF and OWL?
• What is Unique Name Assumption? Does it hold in the Semantic Web?
• Enumerate and explain the elements of an ontology.
• What are Object Properties and Datatype Properties? What is the difference between them?
• What are bottom and top concepts?
• What are bottom and top properties?
• What are Inverse, Disjoint, Symmetric, Reflexive, Functional and Transitive Properties?

Chapter 5:

• Three fundamental components of a Semantic Web framework.
• What is forward-chaining and backward-chaining inference?
• Enumerate 3 RDF Stores.
• Enumerate 3 reasoning engines for OWL.
• Enumerate and shortly describe 3 profiles of OWL 2.

Chapter 6:

• What are 4 (enumerate at least 3) SPARQL query forms?

Chapter 7:

• Name and shortly describe 3 rule languages for the Semantic Web.

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