COM271, Week 2

W3C & HTML II

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Answer these questions by reviewing the notes for week1 & 2. Hand in at beginning of first lecture, week 4.

  1. What is the W3C?
  2. What is the difference between a W3C "recommendation" and a web "standard"?
  3. What does a <!DOCTYPE> statement do?
  4. What does DTD (used with the <!DOCTYPE> statement) refer to?
  5. What is the advantage of using amore restrictive (e.g., "strict") DTD?
  6. What does the file extension .shtml tell a server to do? (Hint: if you use the extensions .html or .htm, part of your page might turn up missing.)
  7. What element and attribute would I use to draw a horizontal line that was only half as wide as the element that contained it?
  8. Why would you prefer to use a relative address, instead of a completely specified address, to link to another page within your website?
  9. Why would I use the name and id elements with a <a> tag?
  10. What attribute would tell a table data <td> cell to merge with the next cell (two cells displayed as a single cell)? What attribute would merge three rows (one cell replacing three cells)?

These questions are worth one point each. Grades for each question are 0 or 1 (no partial credit). Total points this review: 10. At the end of the course, total points will be added, divided by 100, and that fraction will be applied to 20% of your grade (maximum points from reviews is 20% of grade). See Assignments and Grading.