HyperText Markup Language

Elizabeth Miller, Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress, October 2000

Part 1 - The Basics

• What is HyperText/HyperMedia?
• What is a "Markup Language"?
• SGML, XML, XHTML ...
• Standards and Specifications
• Files and Pages
• What are URIs?

  Part 2 - Technical Information

• Hardware Needs
• Software Needs
• Dreamweaver/HomeSite
• Library of Congress Accounts

Part 3 - Before You Write HTML

• Basic Design Principles
• Usability, User-centered Design and Accessibility
• Create a Mock-up of Your Page
• Collect URLs for Links to Other Documents
• World Wide Web Home Page Proposal Form (Library Services)
• Planning Names for New Files
• LC Documents for Web Page Creation

Part 4 - Introduction to HTML

• HTML Tags or Elements
• Structural vs. Format Tags
• HTML 4.01 Required Tags
• Glossary of HTML Tags (By Category):
  • Text Formatting Tags
  • List Tags
  • Character Formatting Tags
  • Linking
  • In-line Images
• Special Characters

Part 5 - Helpful Hints for Library of Congress Web Developers

• Use Weblint to Validate Your HTML
• Test Your Pages on a Variety of Browsers
• Common Errors
• Proprietary Tags
• Tables
• Using HTML Assistant Pro or Other Text Editors
• Transferring HTML Files to the RS7
• The index.html File

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