This course intends to deepen tools and methodologies for decision supporting information systems in the light of new semantic technologies. The main topics include: from conceptual models to ontologies, open and linked data, semantic web and SPARQL, process models (FRAM) , metadata. Administrative sources in the perspective of new semantic technologies
To acquire capacities and competencies in using new semantic technologies to exploit new sources in support of decisions
Prerequisites
knowlwdge of data base management systems and statistical information systems
Teaching Methods
taught class, distance and e-learning lessons, laboratories
Further information
e-learning
Type of Assessment
Discussion of a short paper, oral test
Course program
• A statistical information system recap
• From conceptual models to ontologies
• From ontologies to relational data bases and return
• OWL and RDF
• Ontologies editor : Protégé ( open system developed by Stanford University)
• SPARQL
• Open data and Linked data and their role in statistical reuse of administrative data
• Metadata information systems: glossaries and thesauri
• Advances in processes representation in statistical information systems: FRAM
• Target practices on SPARQL : how to make queries on public ontologies and DBPEDIA
• Target practices on Protégé: how to design and build an ontology