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Tennant, Roy – 1996
This book is a practical guide on how to create a Web document complete with images, links, tables, and forms, and how to make it appealing according to the principles of design and style. Step-by-step instructions for working through a series of practice exercises are provided to be used in the creation of a document using text and image files…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Software Development, Design Preferences, Guidelines

Lynch, Patrick J.; Horton, Sarah – Journal of Biocommunication (JBC), 1998
The Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) used to create Web pages is an attractive alternative to the proprietary authoring software currently used to produce multimedia content for CD-ROMs. Discusses advantages and limitations of HTML as a nonproprietary and cross-platform CD-ROM authoring system, and the more general advantages of HTML as a data…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Biomedicine, Computer Storage Devices, Hypermedia

Online & CD-ROM Review, 1997
In 1996 a working group of the World Wide Web Consortium developed and released a simpler form of markup language, Extensible Markup Language (XML), combining the flexibility of standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and the Web suitability of HyperText Markup Language (HTML). Reviews SGML and discusses XML's suitability for journal…
Descriptors: Electronic Journals, Futures (of Society), Internet, Programming Languages

Lewis, John D. – OCLC Systems & Services, 1998
Describes XML (extensible markup language), a new language classification submitted to the World Wide Web Consortium that is defined in terms of both SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) and HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), specifically designed for the Internet. Limitations of PDF (Portable Document Format) files for electronic journals…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Design Requirements, Electronic Journals, Internet

McMurdo, George – Journal of Information Science, 1996
Describes HTML (HyperText Markup Language) and its use on the Internet's World Wide Web, including main HTML tags and their syntaxes. Alternatives to HTML, such as Adobe's Acrobat software and Sun's new Java application language, are briefly described. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Hypermedia, Internet
Knee, Richard H.; Cafolla, Ralph – 1998
Java is an object-oriented programming language of the Internet. It's popularity lies in its ability to create interactive Web sites across platforms. The most common Java programs are applications and applets, which adhere to a set of conventions that lets them run within a Java-compatible browser. Java is becoming an essential subject matter and…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Internet, Online Systems
McConville, David; And Others – Educom Review, 1996
Discusses new trends in the World Wide Web. Highlights include multimedia; digitized audio-visual files; compression technology; telephony; virtual reality modeling language (VRML); open architecture; and advantages of Java, an object-oriented programming language, including platform independence, distributed development, and pay-per-use software.…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Software, Hypermedia, Internet

Gregory, Gwen; Brown, M. Marlo – Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply, 1997
Describes how to develop a World Wide Web site based on structured programming concepts. Highlights include flowcharting, first page design, evaluation, page titles, documenting source code, text, graphics, and browsers. Includes a template for HTML writers, tips for using graphics, a sample homepage, guidelines for authoring structured HTML, and…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Graphics, Design Requirements, Electronic Text
McDermott, Irene E. – Searcher, 1999
Reports on Web keyword searching, metadata, Dublin Core, Extensible Markup Language (XML), metasearch engines (metasearch engines search several Web indexes and/or directories and/or Usenet and/or specific Web sites), and the Year 2000 (Y2K) dilemma, all topics discussed at the second annual Internet Librarian Conference sponsored by Information…
Descriptors: Conferences, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Technology

Bangs, Paul – International Journal of English Studies, 2002
Discusses two easy-to-use authoring systems--"Potatoes" and "MALTED"--for designing Web-based language instruction. Provides a check list of advice for would-be authors of language learning programs. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Check Lists, Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language)

Dickinson, Ken – TechTrends, 1997
Discussion of use of the Internet for distance learning examines non-traditional students, computer-based training programs, Computer Gateway Interface (CGI), creating tests on the World Wide Web, types of Web testing, programming and software, and the future of Internet-based instruction. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software
Dabbagh, Nada – 2001
Authoring tools have evolved over the last decade based on technological and pedagogical innovations, from authoring bounded, program-controlled learning systems such as Computer-Based Instruction (CBI) to authoring unbounded, learner-centered environments such as Web-Based Instruction (WBI). This paper discusses the current state of authoring…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware

Roman, Esperanza – International Journal of English Studies, 2002
Reviews the nature of Web-based course management systems (WCMSs), which are designed to help teachers create learning environments in which students have the necessary means to interact effectively with their peers, their instructors, and the course material. Focuses on their advantages, disadvantages, and potential for language learning by…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Technology
Whitley, Katherine M. – 1996
One impact of the World Wide Web has been to level the playing field to a certain extent for publishing information by putting authoring and displaying tools in the hands of anyone who wants to use them. The University of California at San Diego (UCSD) Science & Engineering Library has taken advantage of the web's instructional possibilities…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Authoring Aids (Programming), Design
Sprague, Carolyn Ann – 1999
Despite the widespread availability of Web-based information resources, it is difficult for some people who rely on assistive technology to access and process these materials. Web designers can play an active role in facilitating access by formatting resources so that they are compatible with these technologies. This can be accomplished by…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer System Design
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