HTML Meeting Minutes - 03/09/95

Meeting to order: 7:15 pm

Attendees:

     Hans Amann           amann@linden.fortnet.org             Windows
     Lisa Beal            lbeal@linden.fortnet.org             Mac/Windows/X
     Mary Ellen Buning    mebuning@linden.fortnet.org          Mac
     Terry Burton         tburton@linden.fortnet.org           Windows
     Tom Callen           caltom@linden.fortnet.org            
     Brad Elliott         elliottb@linden.fortnet.org          Windows
     Thomas Gaucher       bgsoft@linden.fortnet.org            Windows/NT
     Dennis C. Godin      dcgodin.linden.fortnet.org           Windows
     Barb Hayes           hayesb@linden.fortnet.org            Mac
     Aaron Johnson        adj@linden.fortnet.org               Windows/OS/2
     Greg Luse            gregl@linden.fortnet.org             Windows/OS/2
     Roger A. May         ramay@linden.fortnet.org             Windows
     Gerry Mitchell       mitch@linden.fortnet.org             Windows
     Jon Slater           jslater@foss14.ftc.nrcs.vsda.gov     Windows/OS/2

Old Business

• "To do" list - Lisa agreed to set up htmlqa and htmlteam file access groups on LINDEN. The HTML Process was explained. A diagram was presented:

• Email addresses in FortNet HTML documents

  • Addresses other than webmaster@fortnet.org are permitted in the main body of FortNet HTML documents.

  • The button bar in the HTML trailer document, /home/ftp/pub/HTML/templates/trailer.html, MUST remain as it is; no substitutions of for the webmaster mail address will be allowed.

  • These restrictions apply only to documents in the 'mainstream' of the FortNet WWW document tree. User home pages are exempt from these.

  • These items will be added to the online HTML QA Standard.

• Online Information Provider Agreement

  • Howie Grapek will continue his current work on this.

  • The QA team will check the resulting document against the HTML QA Standard.

  • Mary Ellen Buning and Howie will have final approval over this document.

• Notes from previous HTML Meetings are available from Greg Luse.

New Business

• Frequency of Meetings - It was decided that HTML meetings need not occur weekly. After a vote among those present, it was decided that HTML meetings will occur on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, starting with the next meeting, which will occur on March 22, 1995 at 7pm at 720 North Wood Street.

• Attachment of ZIP files, demonstration programs, etc. - Tom Gaucher expressed as interest in using links in his HTML documents that would point to downloadable demonstration software. After a little discussion, all agreed that this should be set up. The Webmasters and System Administration team will pursue this.

• Introductory User Packet - After much discussion, it was decided that there should be introductory user packets for Email and SLIP accounts. It was also suggested that diskettes be distributed to SLIP users using Windows or Macintosh platforms.