Module 3

Contributing to the Infosphere: e-writing?

Defining a WWW Document and Hypertext

Today i read over Module 3 Notes to get a good understanding of the module. I had heard of XML, however it provided me with a better understanding of XML. From my understanding, XML allows you to create your own customised tags for data.

Module 3 also helped me understand Linear and Non Linear documents, and that Linear documents are often used in electronic form to give the impression that they are a non linear document such as a dictionary or encyclopedia.

Having a linear document displayed through Hypertext, can free the reader from a lengthy document. They can generally choose how they read the document as well, either through HTML form via the computer or in hard copy document form, such as PDF.

Blogs

I was surprised to learn that blogs only really started in 1999 and that they were originally data collected about visits to a web server. Blogs have revolutionised the way we publish on the web, as they are simple to use, with no HTML knowledge required.

This means, essentially they are in web page form, however can be updated regular through 'posts'. People can also leave comments via the blog as well given the site a community feel.