HTML and Web Authoring Software (Reading Notes)
HTML
HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is a plain text file consisting
of commands which tell Web browsers how to display a file. Tim Berners-Lee created
it working at CERN (the European Laboratory for Particle Physics) while in
Geneva. The tutorial offered a very easy introduction to HTML source codes. The
practical tutorials made me realize how simple it was to read the codes and
understand the structure. There was a lot of repetition in the source codes. As
a result, most times I simply copied and pasted the codes while editing certain
parts for the browser to display specifically what I wanted. In spite of the
simple structure of HTML coding, writing it can be tedious because of the
amount of repetition involved. Another interesting point involved static and
dynamic HTML; static HTML pages produced information periodically while dynamic
HTML websites, such as airline reservation pages, generated information in real
time and thus had to change quickly.
Web Authoring
The case study on Control Management Systems gave a detailed over
view on machinations of managing 30-web based resource guides. In reading the
article a number of points stood out:- Wed development
librarians had to be even more technology savvy than ever. When looking at
the functions of the web development librarian, it seems like the only
role he was not directly a part of was programming although the programmer
still had to get feedback from him.
- It was
amazing that such a complex, collaborative effort could be formed out of
economic feasibility because of the lack of technology funding available.
- The
flexibility the system offers with regards to the administrative and
customization control it afforded to site administrator’s and librarians
on a micro-level.
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