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ENG 8710 Seminar Paper by Jean Jacobson, June 12, 1995, University of Minnesota

Some Considerations for the Use of Lists as Hypertextual Devices on HTML WWW Pages

Including:

Brief Historical View of uses of the device of a list:

index lists, alphabetic lists, bulleted lists.

• Current Practice of list making on the World Wide Web (WWW)
• Demonstration of possible Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) list making:
• Ordered
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• Unordered
• Discursive
• Nested Lists
• Sampling of list making recommendations from on-line style guides,

in order of perceived usefulness to constructing lists:
• HTML Style Manual 1
• HTML Style Manual 3
• Arguments by authors in the field of hypertext theory pertaining to reading and writing HTML lists:
 
• Walter J. Ong
• George P. Landow
• Myron C. Tuman
• Richard A. Lanham
• Commentary
• A discussion of naviagation through memory systems from classical antiquity
• And a disclaimer by an author
• Literature Cited

For more information

and discussion on diverse topics related to hypertext don't miss other Engl 8710 seminar papers, spring 1995, and the annotated bibliography complied by the class.

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