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Given by Nancy McCracken at CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science on Fall Semester 94. Foils prepared 7 October 97
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Summary of Material
| This set of foils describes Mosaic as we understood it Spring (February) 1994 |
| Note how it is related to Client-Server and the lack of understanding of even HTML which is not described deeply |
Denote Foils where Image Critical
Denote Foils where HTML is sufficient
Lecture Stream 6
Nostalgic Description of Mosaic!
NCSA
Introduction to Mosaic
Client / Server Model
Mosaic Clients and Servers
Hypermedia Browsing
Using Mosaic at NPAC
Hypertext documents
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Summary of Material
HTML version of Basic Foils prepared 7 October 97 
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| Geoffrey Fox |
| NPAC |
| Syracuse University |
| 111 College Place |
| Syracuse NY 13244-4100 |
HTML version of Basic Foils prepared 7 October 97
Full HTML Index
| This set of foils describes Mosaic as we understood it Spring (February) 1994 |
| Note how it is related to Client-Server and the lack of understanding of even HTML which is not described deeply |
HTML version of Basic Foils prepared 7 October 97
Full HTML Index
HTML version of Basic Foils prepared 7 October 97
Full HTML Index
| An Internet-based global hypermedia browser that allows you to find, retrieve and display documents and data from all over the Internet |
| Part of the World Wide Web (WWW) project, started by CERN to provide a distributed hypermedia environment |
| Mosaic software is available for displaying data in different formats, including audio and video formats, on workstations and PC's, and is available free from NCSA in Illinois |
HTML version of Basic Foils prepared 7 October 97 
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HTML version of Basic Foils prepared 7 October 97
Full HTML Index
HTML version of Basic Foils prepared 7 October 97
Full HTML Index
| Based on hypertext documents which may have links to other documents, pictures, audio or video |
| Document sections can be browsed in order provided by links - non-linear, non-hierarchical |
| Links can be underlined text or parts of a picture. Click with a mouse button to follow the link and open that document |
| Mosaic provides the multimedia displays by activating display software on your workstation, for example, xv to display pictures |
| Can access other servers WAIS, gopher, ftp |
HTML version of Basic Foils prepared 7 October 97
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| To get NPAC's current home page > Mosaic Note: This is an experimental server, subject to lots of change. |
| Home page, viewing documents in X, history lists, links, menus, scroll bars |
To get Mosaic documentation from NCSA
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Other interesting places to visit
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HTML version of Basic Foils prepared 7 October 97
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| HTML - HyperText Markup Language |
| simple formatting capabilities: boldface headers, bulleted lists, italic addresses |
| links are provided through anchors, which give the file name as a URL |
| Uniform Resource Locator (URL) identifies the host, the format of the information, and a protocol to use when retrieving the information. Example: (not real): http://www.npac.syr.edu/public/homepage.html |
| You can put pictures in-lined if they are in GIFF format |
| Reference: A Beginners Guide to HTML, from NCSA |