• 1. Internet Techniques and Web Formats
  • 1.1. Internet
  • 1.2. World Wide Web
  • 1.3. Browser, Plugins and Applets
  • 1.4. Client-Server-Model
  • 1.5. Web Graphics Formats
  • 1.6. Self Assessment
  • 1.7. Summary
  • 1.8. Glossary
  • 1.9. Bibliography
  • 1.10. Metadata

1.10. Metadata "Internet Techniques and Web Formats"

Please note that the Metadata-chapter is only available in English!

Organisation

Level	CartouCHe
Module:	MMK
Lesson:	This is Lesson: No. 3 (formats)

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this lesson.

Keywords: Applet, Client, Client-Server-Model, Common Gateway Interface, Fat Client, Flash, GIF, HTML, HTTP, IP, Internet, JPEG, PDF, PNG, Plugin, Port, PostScript, Raster Graphics, SVG, Server, TCP, Thin Client, URL, Vector Graphics, Web Browser, Web Page, Web Server, World Wide Web, XAML.

Technical requirements

The following Multimedia-types are used in this lesson. Please check that your browser supports them all:

• Text
• Picture (GIF)
• Picture (JPEG)
• Picture (PNG)
• Flash
• SVG

Please check that your computer meets the following technical requirements:

Type	Name	min. Ver.	Installation remarks
PlugIn	Adobe SVG Viewer	3.0	only necessary in combination with some old browsers (e.g. IE6 or 7). New browsers usually have native SVG support and you don't need this plugin. If you need it, please follow the installation instructions of the installing wizard
PlugIn	Macromedia Flash Player	9.0	Follow the download instructions of the webpage and the installation instructions of the installing wizard
PlugIn	Java Runtime Environment (JRE)	1.5.X (Java 5+)	Download the Java Runtime Environment "JRE" on the given Web Page and follow the download instructions of the webpage and the installation instructions of the installing wizard
PlugIn	Adobe Acrobat Reader (for PDF files)	9	installs a stand-alone player as well as a plugin; Follow the download instructions of the webpage and the installation instructions of the installing wizard

Lesson Information

Language:	English (EN) German (DE) French (FR) Italian (IT) This is the original language of this lesson.
Lifecycle:	Version 2 (Created: 2005-10-25; last modified: 2012-01-26).
Authors:	Regula Stopper (Overall, IKA@ETHZ, stopper@karto.baug.ethz.ch): Regula has written all this text . Tobias Dahinden (Content, IKA@ETHZ, dahinden@karto.baug.ethz.ch): Tobias Dahinden provided the content for this lesson. Hansruedi Bär (Content, IKA@ETHZ, baer@karto.baug.ethz.ch): Hansruedi Bär provided the content for this lesson. Olaf Schnabel (Revision, IKA@ETHZ, schnabel@karto.baug.ethz.ch): Olaf Schnabel revised the text, wrote some parts of it new and made all interactive examples compatible for all browsers.
Difficulty Level:	Low Medium High
Typical Learning Time:	1.5h (This lesson should take about 1.5 hours.)

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