Glossary
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- Accessibility
Accessibility in the context of the Web means building a Web that everyone is able to access, regardless of their level of physical or mental ability.
- Accessibility Laws
Many countries around the world have laws that guarantee access to disabled people and some of those laws apply to Web sites. In some countries general human rights law covers all instances of access including Web sites, and some countries have laws that specifically related to accessibility and the Web.
- Authoring
Authoring is a term often used to describe making or writing a document using a mark-up language. This differs from the term programming as many people consider computer programming to be a different process involving different skills than authoring a mark-up language. The term coding, however, is often used for both computer programming and authoring.
- Authoring Tools
Authoring tools are software programs used to help Web authors code Web pages. For example, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Coda (my personal favourite), Home Site, and BBEdit are all authoring tools.
- Browser(s)
Browsers are software programs that allow a user to view images and read hypertext documents (i.e. Web pages). For example FireFox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari are all browsers.
- Coding
Coding is a term used to describe making or writing a document using a mark-up language. It can also be used to describe programming.
- Content
Content is a term used to describe material offered for a user on a Web site. It can include text, audio files, images, Flash presentations and other files. The term content is often used to mean the material a viewer sees and not the coding that marks-up that material.
- Content Management System (CMS)
A content management system is software, implemented as a Web application, for creating and managing content such as html. Typically used to manage and control a large, dynamic collection of Web material (HTML documents, images and other documents. It facilitates content creation, content control, editing, and essential Web maintenance functions.
- CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
Cascading Style Sheets are declarations that describe how a document should be presented on the Web. CSS can be written for different media, can be part of an HTML document, or can be a separate file that is applied to multiple HTML documents.
- Device
Device, used in the context of discussions around the Web and Web standards, means some type of machine that is connected to the internet. Usually this means a personal computer, but a device could be a cell phone, personal digital assistant, screen reader or other adaptive technology for the disabled, or maybe one of those fancy internet fridges!
