- From: Shelley Powers <shelleyp@burningbird.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 09:42:24 -0800
- To: <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
Second sending, after subscription to group: Hello folks I'm working on a book titled "Practical RDF" for O'Reilly. We're currently looking for folks willing to review the material as it's written and to help pinpoint inaccuracies, missing material, as well as confusing or unclear passages. Reviewers will get acknowledgement in the book from the grateful author (myself) as well as copies of the book. O'Reilly does pay a stipend for reviewers that provide a detailed technical review of the entire book, but be forewarned -- the amount's not a lot of money (more of an honorarium). The focus of the book is on the practical uses of RDF. The audience is the software developer, DBA, technology architect, or other technology practitioner looking to understand how he or she can use RDF within their current application development. The book is not directed at the person wanting to write RDF parsers or general RDF utilities. Also note that though the book covers the semantic web, it does so only in one chapter. Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Overview of the basic elements within the W3C RDF Model Specification Chapter 3. Reification: The RDF Big Ugly Chapter 4. Important concepts from the W3C RDF Schema Chapter 5. Creating an RDF Vocabulary (including coverage of Dublin Core) Chapter 6. RDF and the Semantic Web Chapter 7. DAML+OIL – Chapter 8. Storing and Accessing RDF schema-related data Chapter 9. Publishing content through RSS Chapter 10. User Interface Development with XUL and RDF Chapter 11. RDF, Scheduling and Calendaring Chapter 12. RDF Parsers and Editors Chapter 13. Accessing RDF through Java Chapter 14. RDF and Perl Chapter 15. RDF Frameworks (Redland, Redfoot) Appendix A. A Detailed Look at the RDF EBNF Appendix B. Hot RDF Topics This outline could be changed based on writing efforts and changes in technology, as well as changes in the RDF specifications. The book has been on hold pending the outcome of the RDF working group's efforts; however, we need to restart the effort and will incorporate changes from the group as they are formalized. If you feel confident of your understanding of RDF, particularly from an applied perspective, and would be interested in helping with the book, please send me an email directly. Thanks Shelley --------------------------------------------------- Shelley Powers shelleyp@burningbird.net Burning Bird Network: http://www.burningbird.net Burningbird Weblog: http://www.burningbird.net/weblog/
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