I am looking for volunteers to check the handbook to ensure that I am
not giving out any bad advice. I would also appreciate feedback from
developers of WWW clients (what's the current position with Netscape?)
and utilities, HTML authoring tools, etc. mentioned in the handbook
(have I got the licensing conditions correct, have I got the anonymous
FTP address correct, are you happy with me including/omitting the name
and email address of the software developer?). I would also like
feedback from mailing list administrators to ensure that I am giving the
correct information about their lists.
I would also like to hear from anyone outside the UK who could mirror
the handbook. I would expect this service to be provided by a national
service.
The current table of contents is given below (and yes CWISes and
Teaching and Learning only get 2 pages and 1 page).
1 Introduction 1
Aim of this Document 1
Target Audience 1
2 About The World Wide Web 2
History 2
Client-Server Architecture 2
Growth In Popularity 4
Terminology 5
Examples of Usage 6
3 World Wide Web Clients 10
Publicly Available Clients 10
Command Line Clients 10
NCSA Clients 11
Cello 13
EINet Clients 13
Netscape Clients 14
AirMosaic 14
GWHIS 15
Other Browsers 16
Future Developments 16
Conclusions 16
4 HTML 18
About HTML 18
HTML Authoring Tools 19
Word Processing Tools 21
ANT_HTML 22
Browser Editing Tools 22
HTML Document Conversion Tools 23
HTML Quality Tools 24
Forms 27
Writing Style 29
Finding Out More About HTML 29
5 Graphics 31
HTML Graphical Tags 31
Graphical Tools 31
Appropriate Use Of Graphics 33
Further Information 33
6 Searching And Indexing 34
Robots, Spiders and Worms 34
Aliweb 35
WAIS 35
Further Information 37
7 WWW Servers 38
Example of Installing A Server 38
Server Configuration Files 39
Caching 41
Proxy Gateways 42
Security 42
Which Server? 43
Further Information 43
8 Extending WWW 44
External Viewers 44
Running Client Applications 44
Server-side Extensions 45
9 Utilities 47
10 Legal Issues 48
Liability 48
Pornography 48
Copyright 48
Data Protection Act 48
Ethical Issues 49
Further Information 49
11 CWIS & WWW 50
Find Out More 50
12 Teaching And Learning On WWW 52
Further Information 52
13 Collaboration On WWW 53
Asynchronous Systems 53
Synchronous Systems 55
Further Information 56
Virtual Conferences 56
14 Libraries & WWW 57
Example Of A Gateway To A Library Catalogue 57
National Services 58
Resources 58
Finding Out More 58
15 Computing Service Help System 59
Background 59
Documentation 59
Software Catalogue 60
Staff Details 60
Filestore Structure 60
Other Issues 60
16 Future Developments 61
Uniform Resource Identifiers 61
New Facilities 61
Appendix 1 Location Of Software 62
WWW Clients 62
HTML Tools 62
WWW Servers 62
Utilities 62
2 Mailing Lists 63
Usenet News 63
CERN Mailing Lists 64
Other Mailing Lists 64
3 WWW Resources 68
WWW Online Resources 68
WWW Icons and Clip Art 68
WWW Conferences 68
Other Resources 69
4 National UK Services 70
Services 70
Directories 70
WAIS Resources 70
5 References 72
Books 72
Magazines 72
6 Conferences On WWW 73
Electronic Conferences and Workshops 73
Reviews of Electronic Conferences 73
6 A Personal Note From The Author 74
About This Handbook 74
Brian Kelly
Computing Service
University of Leeds
Leeds
West Yorkshire Phone: (0532) 335830
LS2 9JT Email: B.Kelly@Leeds.ac.uk
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