Dr Daniel Churchill The University of Hong Kong

Fundamental of Web Services

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sAbout the FacilitatorAbout the Facilitator

THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Faculty of Education

Dr. Daniel Churchill Assistant Professor

Room: Runme Shaw 116Email: dchurch@hku.hkPhone: +852.2859.1141

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sAbout the CourseAbout the Course

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ModuleGuide

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sWhat is Internet?What is Internet?

Global Network of Computers Enables exchange of

information, communication and services

Questions: // Why term Information Superhighway?// What kind of information can you deliver over the internet?// What else besides information can you exchange over the Internet?

Study this intro to internet: http://www.internet101.org/

Image Source: Arshad Omari, ECU

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sWeb PageWeb Page

A web page is an electronic document written in a computer language called HTML (Hypertext Markup Language).

Questions: // How can you make a Web page?// What other kinds of electronic documents can you deliver over the internet?

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sWeb Page ContentWeb Page Content

Web pages can contain text, graphics, video, animation and sound, as well as interactive features, such as data entry forms and applications.

A web page can collect data and send it to a server for processing. Returning display can be composed of dynamic information.

A Web page usually contains hyperlinks to other web pages. Hyperlinks are text and images that connect to other web pages and files for download.

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sAnatomy of Domain namesAnatomy of Domain names

A Web page has a unique address known as URL (Uniform Resource Locator), which identifies its location on the host server.

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sAnatomy of Domain namesAnatomy of Domain names

http://www.hku.edu.hk/maps/index.html

This is a folder on the web server that contains a related

web page within the website.

Short for Hypertext Transfer Protocol,

this indicates a hypertext document or

directory.

This indicates a page on the World Wide

Web

The domain name often tells you the

name and nature of the company (COM), school (EDU), or

organization (ORG), and the country of

origin (AU, SG, UK...)

These indicates the web server name (usually

name of a company/organization).

This is a web page inside the

folder that is presented.

This is an abbreviation of a country where the site is registered

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sDomain Name RegistrationDomain Name Registration

Let’s look at:http://domains.aplus.net

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sClients and ServersClients and Servers

Browser Software runs on the client system and

displays HTML documents formatted

from the screen

Server HostClient Host

Internet Information Server (IIS) is a program which runs on the server

and handles client requests for WWW

documents

HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol is the means by which WWW documents are sent

across the Net

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sBrowsersBrowsers

A web browser is a software program used to access the World Wide Web.

Question: // What are the most popular Browsers?

Browsers can encode HTML and display Text and Show graphics (pictures and drawings)

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sExtensions to BrowsersExtensions to Browsers

If you want something more than just a picture and a text, e.g. video, interactive animation and simulations you need to add on more features to the Browser by installing plug-ins.

Most popular plug-ins are Macromedia Flash Player, Authorware Player, QuickTime from Apple, RealVideo, JRE-Java Runtime Environment, etc…

Question: // Do you know any other Plug-in?

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sFundamental TechnologiesFundamental Technologies

Web Pages (HTML) Portable Documentation Multimedia Content Data Bases Java Script Java, PhP, ASP XML Web Servers, Streaming Technologies, Content

Management, LMS, Hybrid technologies (mobile devices), Firewalls and Proxies,…

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sPutting the Content on the InternetPutting the Content on the Internet

You can use FTP software to connect to servers to upload your web based material

Local Machine Server

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sPutting the Content on the InternetPutting the Content on the Internet

You can sign for a free web space

Question: // Does anybody know any free web hosting?

Content might also be placed in data bases Your work might also be placed in Digital

Libraries, Content Servers, and Learning Management Systems technologies

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sExploring Web ServicesExploring Web Services

News (http://www.cnn.com) Newspapers (http://www.scmp.com) Magazines (http://www.atnextmotor.com/)

Information from companies (http://www.cannon.com/ ), government (http://www.gov.hk), military (http://www.army.mil), NGOs (http://www.un.org), educational (http://wwww.hku.hk), projects (http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/), events (http://www.resfest.com/), individuals (http://www.kevinwarwick.com/), enthusiasts (http://www.tie-a-tie.net/ and groups (http://www.ocean.udel.edu/extreme2001/home/)

Fun, Entertainment and Games (http://games.yahoo.com/ )

Educational (http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/) , Tutorials (http://www.kidzdom.com/flash5.html), learning management (http://www.nicenet.org)

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sExploring Web ServicesExploring Web Services

Customer support (http://www.canon.com.hk/En/school/index.aspx )

Sell things and Auctions http://www.bluenile.com/diamond_search.asp http://www.amazon.com/ http://www.ebay.com/ , http://alibaba.com/ , http://www.drive.com.au, http://www.realestate.com.au http://www.cinema.com.hk/

Phone Book and Yellow Pages http://www.yp.com.hk , Street Directories http://www.centamap.com/cent/index.htm

Medical http://health.discovery.com/ Jobs http://www.classifiedpost.com and educational

opportunities http://welcome.phoenix.edu/ Encyclopedias http://en.wikipedia.org/ , dictionaries

http://dictionary.reference.com/ and translation http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html , reference material http://www.quotegarden.com/

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sExploring Web ServicesExploring Web Services

Music www.kaaza.com , Video on Demand http://www.learner.org/ , TV Channels http://tv.rtvi.ru/webtv2/usa/rtvi and Radio Stations http://www.hkvpradio.com/ontheair/

Children http://divastarz.everythinggirl.com/ http://www.magickeys.com/books/

Digital Libraries http://proquest.umi.com/login?ts=0 http://www.icdlbooks.org/ http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/

Banking and money (http://www.hsbc.com.hk www.paypal.com http://www.zopa.com

Communication www.skype.com , Communities, Discussions and Chat http://www.chat-avenue.com/ , Collaboration http://croquetproject.org/

Emails http://mail.yahoo.com , Faxes http://home.efax.com/ and SMS/MMS http://www.sms.ac/

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sExploring Web ServicesExploring Web Services

Travel Services http://www.chinatravel.com/ www.sawade.com , Airport Information http://www.hongkongairport.com/

Monitoring web services http://www.netmon.com/ , web counters http://www.free-counter.com/ , domain registration http://domains.aplus.net/ , web hosting http://www.hosting.hk/ , banner exchange http://www.click4click.com/ , advertising http://www.advertopedia.com/

Blogs http://www.blogger.com/start , Wikis http://wiki.org/ , Podcasting http://www.apple.com/podcasting/

Real data: markets http://finance.yahoo.com/ , currency http://www.x-rates.com/ , whether forecast http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ , Webcam http://www.mzd.sr.gov.yu/_eng/camera_live.asp , Satellite Images http://maps.google.com/ , Telescope http://hubblesite.org/, etc.

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sExploring Web ServicesExploring Web Services

Software Downloads http://download.com , free codes http://javascript.internet.com/ clip art collections http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/ http://www.iconbazaar.com/ , Photographs http://photo.scmp.com/ and technology web sites http://www.zdnet.com

Virtual Churches and other places of worship http://www.virtualchurch.org/

Plagiarism tracking http://www.turnitin.com/ Citation help http://citationmachine.net/ Propaganda and Bad Stuff…

Any aspect of human endeavors appears affected by the internet technologies

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sMany Things Change…Many Things Change…

Just in time information about anything High Level of Customization New citizenship Changing needs and demands New literacy New challenges Visual power of technology and changes in

human cognition

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sDelivery of Information is not just a Computer!Delivery of Information is not just a Computer!

Computers, Notebooks, Tablet PCs, PDAs, HDTVs, Mobile Telephones

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sSearching the InternetSearching the Internet

There are many searching engines

Lets look at http://www.google.com Searching and filtering e.g., site: define: link:

(See more functionalities at http://www.google.com.sg/help/features.html

Searching for Images and other Specific Categories

You can ask a question at Ask Jeeves:http://www.ask.com

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sSearching the InternetSearching the Internet

There is also MetaSearch Tools that use many searching engines and help you to organize search records. Lets look at the http://www.copernic.com

There are interesting visual search engineshttp://www.kartoo.com http://www.grokker.com

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sNow it is your turn...Now it is your turn...

Propose some interesting Web sites List class’ recommended sites in here

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sClass DiscussionClass Discussion

Internet is very useful for you as an information manager? Note class’ ideas in this area