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A practical guide to the techniques and artistry of electronic publishing, addressing document structure, formatting, design, communications goals and techniques, and the role of standards. Twelve case studies illustrate techniques discussed. The CD-ROM provides a hyperlinked version of the book as well as an SGML video. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• 1 World Wide Web
• Introduction to the World Wide Web
• Browsing the Web
• Web Maintenance
• Worms, Spiders, and Knowbots
• Authoring
• Web Security
• Digital Signatures and Public Key Cryptography
• Firewalls and Proxies
• Commerce on the Web
• Customized Profiles
• Internet Starting Points
• Web Underlying Protocols
• URI
• URL
• URN
• SGML/HTML
• Z39.50
• MIME
• HTTP
• The Ubiquitous Web
• 2 World Wide Web the Next Generation
• Java/HotJava
• Netscape 2 and Beyond
• Integrated Chat
• Ubique
• Web and Real Time Audio
• 3D Interfaces (VRML)
• VRML
• VRML 2.0 - Moving Worlds
• Authoring VRML
• Integration with other Net Technologies
• Microsoft's ActiveVRML
• Apple's QuickTime VR
• Macromedia Director - Shockwave
• Streaming Technologies-Audio/Video
• Real Audio
• Video
• Microsoft
• Internet Explorer 3.0
• ActiveX
• Bandwidth
• Crystal Balls and the Web
• 3 Points of View
• Visual and Logical Views
• Character
• Words
• Paragraphs with Tags and Styles
• Page
• Document
• Encyclopedia
• Enterprise
• The Design Point of View
• Fonts and Typography
• Layout and Composition
• Communications Views
• Aid for Grammarless Writers
• Random Writing Tools
• The Engineered View
• Compound Document
• Active Documents
• The Database View
• Database Publishing
• Customized Publishing
• Specialized Views
• On-line View
• Summary
• 4 Form and Function of Document Processors
• Types of Document Processors
• WYSIWYG Features
• Language Characteristics
• Specialized Languages
• WYSIWYG versus Languages
• Comparative Functionality
• Stages of Document Processing
• The Phases of the Process
• Recommended Practices
• Markup
• Types of Markup
• Markup Creation
• 5 Document Standards
• De-Facto Standards
• Document Processors
• PostScript
• Lots 'O Formats
• Dealing with Formats
• Formal Standards
• SGML
• Speaking of Metalanguages
• Document Type Definition (DTD)
• DSSSL
• HyTime
• HTML
• Steve Tibbett's HTML Cheat Sheet
• Link Validation
• A Gentle Introduction to HTML Syntax
• ODA
• 6 Media and Document Integration
• Bitmaps and Objects
• Dots and Pictures
• Color
• Pure Color Models
• Computer Graphic Models
• Printing Color Models
• Standards and Formats
• Integrating Text and Graphics
• Language Oriented Integration
• WYSIWYG Integration
• Inline versus External on the Web
• Integration Advice
• Integrating Sound
• Integrating Video
• 7 Applying Standards
• Choosing Standards
• The Corporate Publishing Standard
• Standards Profiles
• CALS and Electronic Publishing
• Document Exchange
• Types of Document Exchange
• Document Components
• Direct versus Standardized Interchange
• Multiple Use
• Data Preparation
• TeX's Weave and GNU Emacs' Texinfo
• Electronic Distribution
• CD-ROM
• Electronic Page Delivery
• Bulletin Boards
• Electronic Mail
• Resource Discovery Tools
• Electronic Journals
• FAX Boards and Modems
• The Internet Appliance
• The New World Order of Communications
• 8 Document Management
• Project Standards
• Configuration Management
• Configuration Items
• Roles and Functions
• Configuration Software
• ISO 9000
• Groupware
• Intranets
• Document Imaging
• OCR
• Text Retrieval
• Storage Media
• 9 Case Studies
• The CAJUN Project
• Text Encoding Initiative
• SGML: The Standard and Handbook
• Project Gutenberg
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Voyager Expanded Books
• Books In Print
• Bethesda Softworks
• Towson Art Supply
• WEBster & HPCWire
• The Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• Banana Bats & Ding Dong Balls
• Appendix A Resources
• Appendix B The CD-ROM
• Index