HELP! * GREEN=global GREY=local Global HTML version of Foils prepared 17 April 1996

Foil 69 Self-Documenting Web Pages

From Web Technologies as a Revolution in Teaching at K-12 and University Level APS-AAPT Joint Meeting IBM Watson Research Center -- April 12-13 1996. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE

WebWisdom uses self - documenting web pages (prepared by PERL filters!) where header has JavaScript functions which define:
"World" in which document lives
"Level" or "Family" in World
Where associated indices are for lower level information
  • If page is Virtual University -- indices are to Degree Programs
  • If page is Degree Program -- indices are to Courses
  • If page is Course description -- indices are to Foilsets
  • if page is abstract of a Foilset -- indices are to Foils
  • if page is Foil -- indices are to Notes and Reference material
Defines style of document -- whether it is audio,video, parameterized HTML etc.
Defines different views (GIF/HTML)
Defines URL's of child material for indices (which can be associated notes or further notes)


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