CPSC 371, Fall 2001                          Information for the Third Test
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   The third test in this course will be given in class on Wednesday,
November 28.  I will hold extra office hours on Tuesday, November 27,
from 1:00 until 4:00.

   The test covers everything that we've done in class and in lab since
the previous test.  That is, it will cover Cascading Style Sheets,
JavaScript, and XML.  In addition to this, you might expect one or 
two summary essay questions about Web site programming.  Here are some
of the specific things you should know:

CSS:
   separating presentation from content
   linking from an HTML document to an external style sheet
   in-line styles, as in <p style="color: red; text-align: center">
   "class" attribute, as in <span class="javacode">
   "block" elements vs. "inline" elements
   <div> and <span>
   syntax for setting styles, e.g.:  color: red; font-weight: bold;
   syntax for style sheets:   selector { style_setting }
   basic selector types:
       tag-name:      h1 { text-align: center; }
       nested tags:   p span { color: #cc00cc }
       classes:       .javacode { font-family: monospace; color: blue; }
       pseudo-classes a:link, a:visited, a:active, :hover
   basic styles:
       font-size, font-style, font-weight, margin, padding, border,
       background-color, text-align, width,float
   

JavaScript:
   comparison with PHP
   client-side vs. server-side programming
   variables in JavaScript; using "var" to declare variables
   functions in JavaScript
   document.writeln
   the <SCRIPT> tag in HTML
   JavaScript event-handlers in HTML
   basic event handlers:
      onsubmit for <form>, onclick for buttons and links,
      onchange for <select> and text inputs
      onmouseover and onmouseout for links
   names for forms and form elements
   the "value" property of a text input element
   the "selectedIndex" property of a <select> element
      

XML:
   uses of XML:
      narrative documents such as Web pages
      "single-source" document publishing
      standardized data exchange ("portable and self-documenting")
      configuration files
      defined standards such as SVG, SOAP, RSS, etc.
   XML comments:  <!-- ... -->
   XML declaration ( <?xml version="1.0" ... )
   using CSS with XML
       the <?xml-stylesheet processing instruction
       the "display" style with value block, inline, or list-item 
   well-formed document
   elements, tags, end-tags, attributes, and entities
   content of an element
   empty elements
   standard entities:  &amp;  &lt;  &gt;  &quot;  &apos;
   DTD (Document Type Definition)
   valid document
   <!DOCTYPE specification
   internal subset and external subset of a DTD
   DTD specifications:
       <!ELEMENT element_name content_model>
       <!ENTITY  entity_name replacement_text>
       <!ATTLIST element_name attribute_name attribute_type value_spec>
   content_models for <!ELEMENT:
       EMPTY
       (#PCDATA)
       expressions with tag names, parentheses and operators  |  *  ?  +
       mixed content, e.g.:   (#PCDATA | i | b | tt)*
   attribute_types for <!ATTLIST:
       CDATA
       ID
       IDREF
       list of values, e.g.: <!ATTLIST person sex (male | female) #REQUIRED>
   value_specs for <!ATTLIST:
       #REQUIRED
       #IMPLIED
       default value, e.g.:  <!ATTLIST vehicle type CDATA "car">