WELCOME TO THE GATHERING PLACE

WELCOME TO THE GATHERING PLACE reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/) WELCOME TO THE GATHERING PLACE

feedback from WWW7 www7, 7th World Wide Web conference held in brisbane, australia april 14 to 18, 1998 reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

feedback from WWW7 the main messages: • HTML is dead • XML is the solution for everything (better HTML, MathML, SMIL, etc.) reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

feedback from WWW7 is HTML really dead ? • W3C panel: HTML will probably be around forever • HTML V4.0 has become a recommendation on 18-dec-1997 reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

feedback from WWW7 what's new with HTML V4.0 ? (1) 1. almost all attributes that specify the presentation of an HTML document (e.g. colors, alignment, fonts, graphics, etc) have been deprecated in favor of style sheets reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

feedback from WWW7 what's new with HTML V4.0 ? (2) 2. more control over tables, e.g. header, footer, short and full description for cells reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

feedback from WWW7 what's new with HTML V4.0 ? (3) 3. additional attributes for forms, such as hidden, read-only, legends etc. plus support for "dynamic forms" (e.g. pre-processing of user input such as data validation) reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

feedback from WWW7 what's new with HTML V4.0 ? (4-5) 4. OBJECT-tag to insert any type of objects including images, scripts, block of text etc. 5. ON-action attributes together with scripts add more interactivity (e.g. ONMOUSEOVER) reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

feedback from WWW7 what's new with HTML V4.0 ? (6-7) 6. improvements for internationalization (UNICODE, text direction, character sets) 7. FRAMES are now part of the extended standard reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

feedback from WWW7 the bad news about HTML V4.0: to my knowledge, today the current version of the populare browsers do not fully support this standard reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

feedback from WWW7 demo: table with header & footer • the following slide shows the HTML source code • then i show you how Netscape, Internet Explorer and Amaya present this source code reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>table with header and footer</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY> <H1>table with header and footer</H1> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="3"> <THEAD><TR><TD>ZAHLEN</TD><TD>BUCHSTABEN</TD></TR></THEAD> <TFOOT><TR><TD>zahlen</TD><TD>buchstaben</TD></TR></TFOOT> <TBODY> <TR><TD>00</TD><TD>A</TD></TR> <TR><TD>01</TD><TD>B</TD></TR> : : : <TR><TD>24</TD><TD>Y</TD></TR> <TR><TD>25</TD><TD>Z</TD></TR> </TBODY></TABLE> </BODY> </HTML> table with header & footer (source) reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

feedback from WWW7 demo: OBJECT-tag • the following slide shows the HTML source code • then i show you how Netscape, Internet Explorer and Amaya present this source code reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>OBJECT demo</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER">OBJECT demo</H1> <HR> <P ALIGN="CENTER">this is an object<BR> <OBJECT DATA="wombat_roadsign.gif" TYPE="image/gif" HEIGHT="150" WIDTH="150"> watch for wombats ! </OBJECT> </P> <HR> </BODY> </HTML> OBJECT-tag (source) reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

feedback from WWW7 XML: • eXtensible Markup Language • authors can develop their own set of elements (tags) and attributes  DTD • browsers must have access to the DTD in order to process the document reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

feedback from WWW7 does XML replace HTML ? • tim berners lee said: "there will be a transition from HTML to XML" • others say: "it's not a replacement" • our guess: HTML will become one application of XML reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

feedback from WWW7 MathML: • Mathematical Markup Language • based on XML • supported by Amaya, the experimental browser of the W3C reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

feedback from WWW7 demo: MathML • the following slide shows the HTML source code • then i show you how Netscape, Internet Explorer and Amaya present this source code reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

x = 2a + b MathML (source) : <math> <mrow> <mi>x</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mn>2</mn> <mi>a</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </math> : reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

feedback from WWW7 conclusion: • the evolution continues • there are a lot of talks about standards, methods, tools and applications, but no talks about"what is good web-design ?" reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

feedback from WWW7 therefore we raise the question:"what is good web-design ?" • what are the does ? • what are the don'ts ? reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

feedback from WWW7 sources of information: • WWW7 website • WWW7 proceedings • WWW7 trip report by reto ambühler • this presentation reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

tagebuch australienreise 1998 reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

what must a good authoring tool provide ? (1-3) 1. it must produce correct HTML 2. it must support style sheets 3. it must provide means to ensure a consistent corporate design reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

what must a good authoring tool provide ? (4-6) 4. is must make sure all (internal) links are correct 5. it must be easy to publish pages 6. it must support teamwork reto ambühler (www.ethz.ch/r_amb/)

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