LABORATORY FOR NATURALISTIC COMMUNICATION
cod. 18591

Academic year 2009/10
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Informatica (INF/01)
Field
Discipline chimiche, fisiche, matematiche ed informatiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub:
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: NATURALISTIC COMMUNICATION AND LABORATORY

Learning objectives

The goal is to make the student familiar and conversant<br />with some web publishing tools in the domain of<br />the 'Open Source' software.<br />

Prerequisites

No prerequisites<br />

Course unit content

<br />The lectures start out with a review (also from<br />the historical point of view) on the<br />technologies and software in the "Open Source"<br />domain. The rest of the laboratory sessions will<br />be base on these tools. <br /><br />- Mark-up languages, content/representation <br />separation , pages organization and content <br />- The development and evolution of HTML into<br />XHTML<br />- Introduction to CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). <br />Styles definition and hierarchy of styles.<br />- XML<br />- Publishing techniques on the www by means<br />of public domain DTSs such as the one that<br />is known  as Docbook<br />

Full programme

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Bibliography

        Chuck Musciano, Bill Kennedy "HTML and XHTML" The Definitive Guide, O'Reilly<br />        Charles Wyke-Smith, Stylin' with CSS, New Riders<br />        David Hunter, "Beginning XML", Wrox<br />    <br />

Teaching methods

Practical laboratory session and final discussion of<br />the projects and tasks carried out by the students.<br />

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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