This course focuses on the fundamentals and key technologies of modern, networked information systems - with a special focus on semantic technologies and distributed data spaces.

Topics covered include:

• Basic terms and concepts of networked IT systems and data spaces,
• Technologies for interoperable information exchange between applications, services and across system boundaries,
• Semantic technologies for structuring, enriching and interpreting data (e.g. RDF, OWL, SPARQL),

A central goal is to give students an understanding of how data-driven ecosystems are created - in which machines, organizations and people work together effectively using common semantic models and standards.
In addition to the theoretical foundations, particular emphasis is placed on the practical examination of current technologies in order to give students the ability to familiarize themselves independently with new developments and to reflect on them critically.