SGML and HTML Explained

*i.Foreword *ii.Preface 1.Background to SGML and HTML b *What is the Internet? *Interconnecting word processors *The role of markup *Types of markup *Specific markup *Generalized marku *The role of SGML *The role of HTML 2.Document Analysis and Information Modelling b *Identifying document types *The structure of documents *The structure of a memo *The structure of a letter *The structure of a report *The structure of scientific papers *The structure of book *Formatting structured documents *The difference between formatting and structure *Information management 3.The Components of an SGML System b *System components *Selecting an SGML document editor *The role of document analysis/design tools *The role of document conversion tools *The role of an SGML parser *Document databases and repositories *Printing SGML documents *Electronic delivery *The component parts of an SGML document 4.The SGML Declaration b *The role of the SGML declaration *The Syntax clause *The Reference Concrete Synta *Other clauses in the SGML declaration *The Character Set description *The Capacity Set *The Scope clause *The Features clause *Application-specific informatio *Alternative concrete syntaxes *The HTML SGML declaration 5.Elements and Attributes b *Element roles *Element declarations *Model groups *Text elements *Exceptions *Comments within element declarations *Ambiguous content models *Analysing content model *Using elements *Attributes *Declaring attributes *Using attributes *Simple attributes *Using tokens *Numeric attribute *Specialized attributes *Entity attributes *Unique identifiers *References to unique identifier *Controlling attribute values 6.Entity Declaration and Use b *Types of entity *Entity references *General entity references *Parameter entity reference *Entity declarations *Declaring parameter entities *Comments *Special forms of general entity declaratio *External entities *System-specific external entities *Alternative markup notations *Notation declarations *Data attribute *Publicly declared external entities *Requesting publicly declared external entities *Formal public identifier *Character references *Entity sets *Publicly declared entity sets *Private entity sets 7.Short References b *Introduction to short references *Short reference mapping declarations *Short reference use declarations *Using short references 8.Marked Sections and Processing Instructions b *The role of marked sections *Marked section declarations *Using marked sections *Ignored sections *Temporary sections *Combining keywords *Storing marked sections as entities *Nested marked section *Processing instructions *Using processing instructions in marked sections 9.Tag Minimization b *Types of minimization *Tag omission *Start-tag omission *End-tag omission *Omitting tag *Short tags *Empty tags *Unclosed tags *Null end-tags *Omitting attribute name *Tag grouping (rank) *Automatic tag recognition (data tags) 10.Multiple Document Structures (SUBDOC, CONCUR and LINK) b *Types of multiple document structures *SGML subdocuments *Concurrent document structures *Linking document structures *Simple links *Implicit links *ID-specific links *Explicit links *Using alternative link set *USELINK *POSTLIN *Short cuts *Overriding link declarations *Using publicly declared link type declaration subsets 11.Building a Document Type Definition b *The Document Type Declaration *Using publicly declared document type declarations *Element sets *The role of comment declarations *Modifying existing element and entity sets *Creating new element sets *Structured element set *The effect of record boundaries 12.Interpreting the HTML DTD b *DTD history *DTD identification *Deprecated features *Imported Internet specifications *Shared parameters *Character mnemonics *Generic attributes *Text markup *Shared content models *Body components *Anchors and Links *Images and Maps *Objects and Applets *Paragraphs and Headings *Preformatted text *Lists *Forms *Tables *HTML Document Headers *HTML Document Structure 13.The HyperText Markup Language b *The HTML Header *Text Blocks in the HTML Body *Space delimited text blocks (%block) *Lists *Preformatted and quoted text *The DIVison element *Other elements deifnes as block *Embedded Text *The Role of HTML Anchors *Link relationships *Link Management in an HTML Environmen *Images and Maps *Tables *Applets and objects 14.Creating HTML forms b *Basic principles *The FORM element *The INPUT element *Text input *Password input *Checkboxes *Radio buttons *User-defined buttons *Submit button *Reset button *Hidden input *File selection *Image spot selectio *The SELECT element *The TEXTAREA element *The FIELDSET element *The LABEL element *The ISINDEX element *Form submission *Form processing 15.The Future for SGML and HTML b *What DSSSL brought to SGML *SGML groves *The SGML Document Query Languag *The HyTime SGML General Facilities annex *Architectural Form Definition Requirements *Formal System Identifiers *Property Set Definition Requirement *Possible extensions to SGML *Possible extensions to HTML I.Index