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independent web

From Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet (1999-05-24) | Glossary for this source

A Web page that is not part of the Web site associated with its network location. Specifically, it is not possible to reach the Web page in question by traversing a sequence of links internal to the Web site, beginning at the host page .

semantic web

From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source

The Web of data with meaning in the sense that a computer program can learn enough about what the data means to process it.

• My rough notes on related "design issues"

sysWeb

From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11) | Glossary for this source

n. A group within the W3C Team responsible for technical operations of W3C computing infrastructure and Web Site. The public content of the Web Site is managed by the Comm Team.

W3C (World wide web consortium)

From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source

A neutral meeting of those to whom the Web is important, with the mission of leading the Web to its full potential.

• The World Wide Web Consortium

WAI (Web accessibility initiative)

From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source

A domain of W3C that attempts to ensure the use of the Web by anyone regardless of disability.

• The Web Accessinility Initiative

web

From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source

Short for World Wide Web .

web

From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15) | Glossary for this source

A set of nodes interconnected by links . Often, the set of all the nodes which are interconnected. See also Topology .

web

From Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One (2004-12-15) | Glossary for this source

Shortened form of World Wide Web.

web agent

From Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One (2004-12-15) | Glossary for this source

A person or a piece of software acting on the information space on behalf of a person, entity, or process.

web client

From Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet (1999-05-24) | Glossary for this source

A client that is capable of accessing Web resources by issuing requests and render responses containing Web resource manifestations.

web collection

From Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet (1999-05-24) | Glossary for this source

A portion or section of a Web site , consisting of two or more Web pages, that represents a non-trivial, self-contained resource, but is still maintained by the same publisher of the overall Web site .

web core

From Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet (1999-05-24) | Glossary for this source

The collection of resources residing on the Internet that can be accessed using any implemented version of HTTP as part of the protocol stack (or its equivalent), either directly or via an intermediary.

Notes: By the term "or its equivalent" we consider any version of HTTP that is currently implemented as well as any new standards which may replace HTTP (HTTP-NG, for example). Also, we include any protocol stack including HTTP at any level, for example HTTP running over SSL.

web neighborhood

From Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet (1999-05-24) | Glossary for this source

The collection of resources directly linked from a Web resource.

web neighborhood

From Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet (1999-05-24) | Glossary for this source

A resource, identified by a URI, that is a member of the Web Neighborhood .

web page

From Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet (1999-05-24) | Glossary for this source

A collection of information, consisting of one or more Web resources, intended to be rendered simultaneously, and identified by a single URI. More specifically, a Web page consists of a Web resource with zero, one, or more embedded Web resources intended to be rendered as a single unit, and referred to by the URI of the one Web resource which is not embedded.

Note: The components of a Web page can reside at different network locations. The location of the Web page, however, is determined by the URI identifying the page.

Note: The scope of a Web page is limited to the collection of Web resources which are displayed simultaneously by requesting the Web page's URI. The components of a Web page actually rendered in a page view is client-dependent.

web page

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18) | Glossary for this source

A collection of information, consisting of one or more resources, intended to be rendered simultaneously, and identified by a single Uniform Resource Identifier.

More specifically, a web page consists of a resource with zero, one, or more embedded resources intended to be rendered as a single unit, and referred to by the URI of the one resource which is not embedded.

This term was developed from the definition of web page in Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet.

web page identifier

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18) | Glossary for this source

A Uniform Resource Identifier intended to be recognized by a user as representing the identity of a specific Web Page (resource).

It may need to be entered explicitly by a user.

web periphery

From Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet (1999-05-24) | Glossary for this source

The collection of resources on the Web which is not part of the Web Core or the Web Neighborhood.

Concepts relating to the process of accessing Web resources and render Web resource manifestations.

web request

From Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet (1999-05-24) | Glossary for this source

A Web request is a request issued by a Web client. A Web request can be described as either:

Explicit Web request:

A request that is initiated manually by the user.

Implicit Web request:

A request that is initiated transparently by the Web client, without manual intervention on the part of the user, as an ancillary event corresponding to an explicit Web request.

and as either:

Embedded Web request:

A request for dereferencing a URI embedded within a Web resource manifestation: e.g., following the link in an HTML document, etc.

User-input Web request:

A request for dereferencing a URI supplied by the user directly to the Web client: e.g., typed into the address window, bookmarks, history, etc.

web request body

From Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet (1999-05-24) | Glossary for this source

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