Nima Partovi CIS461 April 3, 2011 CIS461 Homework I 0.

Read the links for Chapters 1 and 2 on the Textbook Web site:
http://www.webdevfoundations.net/

1. Define the following Organizations:

o IETF - The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) develops and promotes Internet standards, cooperating closely with the W3C and ISO/IEC standards bodies and dealing in particular with standards of the TCP/IP and Internet protocol suite.

o IAB- The IAB is chartered both as a committee of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and as an advisory body of the Internet Society (ISOC). Its responsibilities include architectural oversight of IETF activities, Internet Standards Process oversight and appeal, and the appointment of the RFC Editor. The IAB is also responsible for the management of the IETF protocol parameter registries.

o ICANN - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is responsible for managing the Internet Protocol address spaces (IPv4 and IPv6) and assignment of address blocks to regional Internet registries, for maintaining registries of Internet protocol identifiers, and for the management of the top-level domain name space (DNS root zone), which includes the operation of root nameservers.

o IANA- The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is the entity that oversees global IP address allocation, autonomous system number allocation, root zone management in the Domain Name System (DNS), media types, and other Internet Protocol-related symbols and numbers. IANA is operated by the Internet Corporation for

Assigned Names and Numbers, also known as ICANN. o W3C - World Wide Web Consortium - Is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web (abbreviated WWW or W3). The consortium is made up of member organizations which maintain full-time staff for the purpose of working together in the development of standards for the World Wide Web. As of 18 February 2011, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has 326 members.W3C also engages in education and outreach, develops software and serves as an open forum for discussion about the Web. 1. What is Color Chart? o Color Chart - Are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. Hexadecimal color codes begin with a hash (#). Shows safe colors that will be accepted by all browsers and

Validate the source file with either of the following validators: Compare the pros and cons of the two validators. XHTML/XML Validators: http://www.validome.org/ - Validome is a website that seems more straight to the point. You upload the file straight on the home page. It then will validate and give the errors that occurred on your file. Website not really user friendly. Errors do not have much of a description. Gives good overview on what exactly the validator looks for.

http://validator.w3.org/ - The website is more organized and less text covering the website. Had to search where to upload the file. The validator gives the errors and a good detailed description on each error and how you can fix them. Website seems better in terms of seeing what you are doing wrong on your website.