Producing hypertext for the Web
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Producing hypertext
for the Web is accomplished
by creating documents
with a language called
Hypertext Markup Language,
or HTML. With HTML,
tags are placed within
the text to accomplish
document formatting,
visual features such
as font size, italics
and bold, and the creation
of hypertext links.
Graphics and multimedia
may also be incorporated
into an HTML document.
HTML is an evolving
language, with new tags
being added as each
upgrade of the language
is developed and released.
The World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C), led by Web founder
Tim Berners-Lee, coordinates
the efforts of standardizing
HTML. The W3C now calls
the language XHTML and
considers it to be an
application of the XML
language standard.
The
World Wide Web consists
of files, called pages
or home pages, containing
links to documents and
resources throughout
the Internet.
The
Web provides a vast
array of experiences
including multimedia
presentations, real-time
collaboration, interactive
pages, radio and television
broadcasts, and the
automatic "push"
of information to a
client computer. Programming
languages such as Java,
JavaScript, Visual Basic,
Cold Fusion and XML
are extending the capabilities
of the Web. A growing
amount of information
on the Web is served
dynamically from content
stored in databases.
The Web is therefore
not a fixed entity,
but one that is in a
constant state of development
and flux.
