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DITA Blog 2009-2010: The Internet & the World Wide Web (12.10.09)
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The Internet and the World Wide Web (12.10.09). Internet – The Hardware. The Internet was the result of a research project that was funded by the United States Government and was developed by the American Military during the 1960’s. The Internet is the infrastructure that allows computers to communicate regardless of their operating system or protocols. World Wide Web (WWW) – The Software. The ‘server’ is generally a high powered computer(s) which has been designed to deal with millions of re...During th...
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DITA Blog 2009-2010: Applications Development - Client Side Programming (30.11.09)
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Applications Development - Client Side Programming (30.11.09). Computer languages such as XML, HTML, CSS and SQL tell the computer what to do, as they are more descriptive programming languages. JavaScript is a programming language that tells the computer how to do something. It can be embedded in HTML and is used to make webpages more interactive. Tutorial Exercise – Application of JavaScript. 8226; Whether the user is interested in news or sport. I had initially started off using a series of If. Statem...
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DITA Blog 2009-2010: XML - The eXtensible Markup Language (26.10.09)
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XML - The eXtensible Markup Language (26.10.09). XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language. It is used for describing information (text file) and representing data with embedded markup. It is beneficial when sending described data to other users, as the data does not lose meaning or become ambiguous. XML was created as an alternative to creating a series of tags, with a defined a set of rules to allow users to create their own tags. 8226; contain a set of elements described as tags. Well Formed and Valid.
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DITA Blog 2009-2010: October 2009
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XML - The eXtensible Markup Language (26.10.09). XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language. It is used for describing information (text file) and representing data with embedded markup. It is beneficial when sending described data to other users, as the data does not lose meaning or become ambiguous. XML was created as an alternative to creating a series of tags, with a defined a set of rules to allow users to create their own tags. 8226; contain a set of elements described as tags. Well Formed and Valid.
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DITA Blog 2009-2010: Information Retrieval (23.11.09)
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Information Retrieval (23.11.09). Information Retrieval (IR) is a mechanism needed to locate information in our information architecture. Communication is between the writer and the reader. IR can be defined through three different views; user, system and sources view. Reflection Exercise – Search technologies used to retrieve information for my blogs. My initial search terms were ‘xml language example in information systems’ however this did not provide anything relevant. I continued to ...I finally fou...
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DITA Blog 2009-2010: Relational Databases (16.11.09)
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Relational Databases (16.11.09). File-Based Systems vs. DBMS. File-based systems were an attempt to computerise manual paper-based systems. It made data more accessible in comparison to the traditional filing cabinet. Different departments held data separately and so there was no systematical way to share it due to the lack of a centralised data store. What is a database? A table stores the data that is entered into the database, in the form of rows and columns. Tables consist of attributes, which de...
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DITA Blog 2009-2010: November 2009
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Relational Databases (16.11.09). File-Based Systems vs. DBMS. File-based systems were an attempt to computerise manual paper-based systems. It made data more accessible in comparison to the traditional filing cabinet. Different departments held data separately and so there was no systematical way to share it due to the lack of a centralised data store. What is a database? A table stores the data that is entered into the database, in the form of rows and columns. Tables consist of attributes, which de...
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DITA Blog 2009-2010: Graphical Information (19.10.09)
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Graphical Information (19.10.09). In the raster model, the space for the graphic is split into a grid. The grid represents a series of pixels, which will either be on or off depending on the graphic displayed. Each small square (cell) in the grid represents a value. Formats include GIF, JPEG and PNG, which are suitable for use on the WWW, as they can be inserted using the image tag. A Comparison of GIF, JPEG and PNG File Formats. GIF - Graphics Interchange Format. 8226; Supports 16.7 millions colours.
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DITA Blog 2009-2010: Data Representation (05.10.09)
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Data Representation (05.10.09). Richard Butterworth presented this week's lecture on “Data Representation” which included bits, bytes and binary. As humans we count in base 10, which may be because we have 10 fingers, as there is no mathematical reason. Computers on the other hand count in base 2. Base 2 or “binary” is the simplest base and requires the simplest hardware. Representing Text – ASCII. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). XML - The eXtensible Markup Language (26.10.09). This is my first Blog.
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DITA Blog 2009-2010: DOM - Document Object Model & CSS - Cascading Style Sheets (09.11.09)
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DOM - Document Object Model and CSS - Cascading Style Sheets (09.11.09). Document Object Model (DOM) is a way of thinking about HTML and XML documents. DOM assumes HTML and XML documents are structured as hierarchies, using chapters, sections, paragraphs, figures and headings. Cascading Style Sheets are a set of rules defined by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), which are used to describe the formatting and layout of web documents. Implemented in 3 ways: -. 8226; Inconsistent browser support – o...