Diverging web markup choices

• Published in: Online Vol. 30; no. 6; pp. 43 - 45
• Main Author: NOTESS, Greg R
• Format: Journal Article Trade Publication Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wilton, CT Online 01.11.2006; Information Today, Inc
• Subjects: Coding; Electronic Publishing; Exact sciences and technology; Formats. Codification. Conversion; Formats. Markup languages. Codification. Conversion; Information and communication sciences; Information and document structure and analysis; Information processing and retrieval; Information science. Documentation; Library technology; Management Systems; Markup languages; Programming; Programming languages; Punctuation; Sciences and techniques of general use; Semantics; Semiotics; Software; Syntax; Technological change; URLs; Web 2.0; Web services; Web site design; Web Sites; Wikis; Word processing; World Wide Web; United States > US; Tagging; Markup; Making up; Document layout; Example; World wide web
• ISSN: 0146-5422; 2324-9706

The increasing complexity of Web sites and the use of more sophisticated JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), database-driven content, and many other advanced techniques, is making the process of marking up data for use in Web sites, using HyperText Markup Language (HTML) format, increasingly difficult. Discusses the main issues involved in terms of: the addition of bold or italics to the text; the use of lightweight markup languages; the ease of use of the toolbar; linking Universal Resource Locators (URLs); performing one's own markups; and future trends in markup, especially for Weblogs (blogs), wikis, forums, and Web 2.0 products.