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Beyond HTMLOverview HTML alone is no longer viable for large modern Web sites. Increased multimedia demands, the need for greater interactivity, and improved user-friendliness are just three of the many reasons why people are looking beyond HTML. Newer technologies such as XML, XSL, DHTML, and XHTML offer interesting and effective alternatives to HTML. The Internet is the obvious resource when it comes to researching these technologies. Tutorials, articles, and FAQs are just a few of the many resources found online. General Information Many Web sites serve as Web development technology portals to resources such as tutorials, code archives, and discussion forums. If you are looking for an overview of Web development technologies, visit the Lycos Webmonkey developers resource. Detailed tutorials about specific Web technologies available free-of-charge at www.w3schools.com/. Also be sure to visit the Web Developer’s Virtual Library guide at wdvl.internet.com/ to read Alan Richmond’s article “What Every Web Developer Should Know.” XML Extensible Markup Language (XML) allows Web developers to add detailed and customizable tags for formatting text and graphics, and to identify specific elements of a Web page. In other words, XML tags describe the data within the tags. Some experts predict an ever-increasing role for XML on the Web. Visit any of the following links to read about XML standards, tags, and structure. At these sites you’ll find tutorials and FAQs as well. XSL XSL, or Extensible Stylesheet Language, is designed to work seamlessly with XML. XSL was developed by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) not only to add style tools similar to CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), but also to add more powerful document manipulation capacities. The following list of Web pages provide XSL resources ranging from W3C documentation and information, to FAQs and reference tools. DHTML Dynamic HTML (DHTML) is a set of tools for adding effects to content. These effects can change without re-loading the HTML page in which the effect has been placed. A good example of a DHTML effect is the mouse-over effect that you have probably seen in text, graphics, and navigation. Visit any of the following Web pages to learn more about DHTML.
XHTML XHTML (eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language) is an update of HTML version 4. Generally speaking, XHTML 1.0 can be thought of as a hybrid of XML and HTML. The Web sites in the list below provide XHTML resources including reference guides, learning guides, and documentation.
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