Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2007-2008 (archived)

Module COMP51615: Semantic Web and Web Information Systems

Department: Computer Science

COMP51615: Semantic Web and Web Information Systems

Type	Tied	Level	4	Credits	15	Availability	Available in 2007/08	Module Cap

Tied to

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

Excluded Combination of Modules

None

Aims

Advanced web-based databases provide an excellent vehicle for addressing many modern web based support technologies. Additionally they are motivated by many real-world examples, and issues of scale thus include grid computing and parallel systems. The aim is thus to establish clear advanced principles of database design, and incorporate (partly through laboratory work), key modern technologies.

Content

Introduction
E-R management, relational model and algebra, SQL, and database design, more PHP
Data storage, B+ Tree indexing and query evaluation
Database security and access control
Advanced transaction operations and management
Distributed and parallel databases
Internet databases, XML and information integration
Decision support and data warehousing
Object-oriented databases and object-relational databses
Database design case study - the internet flight booking system
Requirements analysis
Conceptual and logical design
Schema refinement
Physical database design
Information integration from multiple bac-end data sources
Security
Application Layers
System Testing and Evaluation

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

Specialist knowledge: advanced level of theory, principles and practice of database management systems - lecture based
Management: the module project and lab assignments
the engineering of software systems: distributed DBs, internet DBs, OODBs and ORDBs; the module project

Subject-specific Skills:

Design integration: integration of various techniques including data storage, transactions, security and concurrency control techniques; the module project
Practical design skills: data storage, database security, internet databases and XML; the model project

Key Skills:

Professional skills: module assignments, seminars and the project for database design case study

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

The module comprises 1 week's intensive directed reading and laboratory exercises; 5 days of lectures, tutorial, and reading and two weeks undertaking a major assignment. The overall workload conforms to the standard SLAT requirement of 150 hours equivalent to 15 credits.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total/Hours
Lectures	10	2 per day in week 2	1 hour	10
Tutorials	4	weekly	1 hour	4
Practical	5	daily in week 1	6 hours	30
Laboratory	10	daily in weeks 3,4	6 hours	60
Directed Reading		daily		46
Total				150

Summative Assessment

Component: Laboratory report		Component Weighting: 100%
Element	Length / duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Laboratory report	equivalent to 2500 words	100%

Formative Assessment:

Staged written feedback of practical work by staff/demonstrators. Level of success in practical programming exercises, using written feedback from demonstrators.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University