The use of macroprocessing for Web site standardization

• Published in: Journal of network and computer applications Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 135 - 148
• Main Authors: Charlton, C.C., Leng, P.H., Lloyd, R.K., Turnbull, R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Elsevier Ltd 01.04.1998; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Computer science; control theory; systems; Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface; Exact sciences and technology; Software; Software tool; Hypertext; Computer network; HTML language; Standardization; World wide web; Internet; Source language; Maintenance; Preprocessor; C language; Macroprocessing

As the development of the World Wide Web matures, there is increasing interest both in tools and languages for authoring, and in the issues of Web-site standardization, validation and maintenance. In this paper, we describe BHS (Better Hypertext System), a simple macrolanguage extension to HTML, imp...