Resource Description Framework and Friend Of A Friend-Based Web and Mobile Applications Prototype in an Education Environment A real-time management of students academic profiles

摘要

This paper presents the design of both Web and Mobile applications for managing the data of students and teachers of an educational institute using RDF (Resource Description Framework) and FOAF (Friend Of A Friend) based vocabulary. The implementation of an OWL (Ontology Web Language) as the core of a school administration system shows advantages compared to the standard database structure systems, this also increases the possibilities for smartphones to become the staple tool for classroom management. This project involves two main phases, the first one focused on the creation of the tools for the academic staff and the second being a mobile app for students to use in class. Partial results showed that the use of linked data provides useful information for the teacher to be aware of details of the students like how being close to a specific classmate has a noticeable impact on his/her class performance.