H6672: Web-based Information Systems (Academic Year 2008-2009, Semester 2)

Division of Information Studies, School of Communication & Information, NTU

Instructor: Zehua LIU

[Overview] [Announcements] [Syllabus] [Schedule] [Materials] [Assignments] [Textbook] [Additional Resources] [Contact]　

Overview

This course builds on the material covered in H6614 Internet and Web Technologies to focus on the development of web-based information systems and web services, design of enterprise systems using service-oriented architecture, and XML and semantic web technologies. Topics covered include:

• Server-side scripting for web interactivity using C# and ASP.NET
• Rich Client Application (RIA) scripting using AJAX technology
• Web services and service-oriented system architecture, and supporting specifications and technologies, including SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, WS-Coordination, WS-AtomicTransaction, WS-BPEL.
• XML and related specifications and technologies, including XML Schema, XSLT, RDF/XML, RDFS and OWL
• Semantic web and enabling technologies such as ontology and metadata schema.

Prerequisite: H6514 Internet and Web Technologies (a grade of B- and above) or equivalent experience.

Announcements

Jan 09 2009: Class 1 materials are uploaded.
Jan 08 2009: Course website is up. Course syllabus is ready for review.

Syllabus

Syllabus for the course in PDF format:

Schedule

Lecture: Alternate Sat, 10:00am - 5:00pm, TTM Lab. (Two 3-hour class sessions on each day, with 1.5 lecturing and 1.5 tutorial hours)

Exam: Final TBA

Detailed schedule could be found in the course syllabus.

Materials

Slides and lab materials will be posted before each class. Updates may happen after the class.

Class 1 (10 Jan am)	Lecture: Course Introduction Introduction to XML XML Files Lab: ASP .NET - Web Controls (part 1) Lab files

Assignments

Assignment and project description will be posted after it is announced in the class.

Textbook

Recommended Textbook:

• [Erl]    SOA: Principles of service design, by Thomas Erl. 2008. Prentice-Hall.

Suggested Readings:

• Professional ASP.NET 3.5 in C# and VB, by Bill Evjen, Scott Hanselman, Devin Rader. 2008. Wrox. (definite reference to ASP.NET)
• Professional Ajax, by Nicholas C. Zakas, Jeremy McPeak, Joe Fawcett. 2nd Edition. 2007. Wrox
• Beginning ASP.NET 3.5: In C# and VB, by Imar Spaanjaars. 2008. Wrox. (a gentler introduction to ASP.NET)

All books are available at NTU bookshops.

Additional Resources

Contact

Zehua LIU     
TTM Lab Technician: Joe Tok Joo Guan      

Last modified Jan 08 2009