Weekly News and Views (30% of final grade) Due each week.

Each week we present to the class, *and* post on the class wiki, short items related to S&T data description, management, preservation, policy, etc., that we have found in news, research, and social media sources. Each link is accompanied by a short summary in our own words of its content and import.

Exercises (20% of final grade) Sporadic.

There will be a few assigned exercises using concept maps and RDF-based data structures.

Term paper and class presentation (40% of final grade) Due April 25 - May 2.

Students are required to compose, and present to the class, a term paper (5000 words in length) on an issue relevant to the class (broadly defined). The references in this paper will employ a semantic citation ontology.

Discussion participation (10% of final grade)

Students are expected to participate in class discussions.