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Glossary of Terms
Terms Meaning
<? Processing instruction open delimiter
?> Processing instruction close delimiter
< Start-tag open delimiter
</ End-tag open delimiter
/> Empty element close indicator
> Tag close delimiter or Markup declaration close delimiter
" Literal delimiter
= Value indicator
attribute An element parameter that modifies or refines the meaning of the element, and consists of a name and a value. The attribute is named to distinguish it from other attributes and values in the same element.
content An attribute to the Meta element that provides a value associated with metadata (identified by the Name attribute)
element An identifiable object in a text document.
GIF Graphic Interchange Format. Used on the Web for graphical logos, buttons and images.
href The default name for the attribute that contains a reference to a resource in a simple link.
HTML HyperText Markup Language. A programming language developed for delivery and presentation of documents over the Web.
hypertext link A link between a source reference and a target object. It is also commonly known as hyperlink.
id/identifier An attribute to the target element that identifies a specific element instance by its unique identifier value.
idref The keyword that identifies an attribute as one that references another element. The value of this attribute must match the value belonging to an attribute defined to be of type id.
image format A data format used to store graphic (picture) data, as opposed to text data. In the internet, GIF, JPEG and PNG are commonly used. However for the purpose of creating our Flipbook, GIF is not supported.
   
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