433-421 Web Technologies and Applications

Credit may not be gained for both 433-421 Web Technologies and Applications and 433-621 Web Technologies and Applications.

Study at the third-year level in at least four of the following areas: artificial intelligence, computer design, database systems, graphics, interactive system design, networks and communications, operating systems, programming languages, software engineering, and theory of computation. Prior study in the area of database systems would be an advantage.

The objective of this subject is for students to develop an understanding of the concepts and technologies underpinning the World Wide Web. Topics covered include: Web software architectures; languages and standards for data on the World Wide Web: HTTP, XML, XSL, XQuery, XLink and XPath; the Semantic Web and RDF, web mining and crawling.

Upon successful completion of this subject, students will:

• be able to explain the key technologies and standards underpinning the World Wide Web;

• be able to explain current technologies used for data mining and querying data on the Web; and

• be able to research a technical topic and give oral and written presentations of the topic

One project during semester (45%), and a 2-hour end of semester written examination (55%).