What is Web Science?
Web Science is a new interdisciplinary field whose aim is help understand the web, engineer its future and ensure its social benefits for the good of everyone. It brings together academics, scientists, sociologists, entrapreneurs and decision makers from around the world. These people will examine the World Wide Web and all its different aspects in order to offer the practical solutions needed to help guide its future use and design.
Course Structure and Notes?
| Web Science and Knowledge Management | XML Technologies | Web Techniques |
| Introductory Lecture | XML | Installing Ruby On Rails |
| A short history of the Internet and the WWW | Advanced XML | Introducing Ruby |
| Web 1.0 | DTD | Introducing Rails |
| Web 2.0 | X-Schema | Creating a Blog with ROR |
| Web X.0 | SAX | The MVC |
| KM and the KM Life Cycle | DOM | Helpers, Forms and Layouts |
| Acquiring Knowledge | X-Path | Web 2 and ROR |
| Modelling Knowledge | X-Query | Creating Twitter with ROR |
| Retrieving Knowledge | XSLT | Advanced ROR |
| Reusing Knowledge | FOP | Web Usability |
| Publishing Knowledge | X-Link | Web Marketing |
| Maintaining Knowledge | X-Form | Search Engine Optimisation |
| The SW in the Industry | ||
| Emerging Technologies |
Useful books!
Cheat Sheet
Contact information
Room 107, Computer Building, University of Malta Phone: +356 2340 2486E-mail:
