Test Dataset

This is an example bit of hypertext - compare the formatted version with the original HTML source. Let's try introducing an initial paragrpah between the H1 and the H2 headings.

Introduction

This file contains a test set of HTML mark-up, as a test of hypertext browsers and an example of the syntax of the tags. See also:

That is the end of the list.

Some anchors

Anchors come in two forms: whole nodes or parts of nodes. The line mode browser can't currently (Nov 91) jump to a part of a node: it always jumps to the top.

Leading to whole nodes

Here is an anchor which leads to the VM FIND command. Note the nested highlighting (hp2) within the anchor. If you want to click on this, you will go to the system default page.

Leading to anchors within nodes

Now THIS leads to anchor #2 in this file, and if you want to click on THIS, you should go to the system default page with anchor #2 selected. Now the word "destination" is a named destination anchor, connected to the word "source" . Clicking on the destination shouldn't do anything. Selecting the source should lead to the destination.

Now let's go through the limited set of markup tags which we accept. The title, "Hypertext HTML formatting example" was between TITLE tags. "Test Dataset" at the top of this page was a Level One Heading (H1). The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. In Hertford, Hereford and hampshire, hurricanes hardly happen.

Level two heading

Here is some text which follows the heading. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. In Hertford, Hereford and hampshire, hurricanes hardly happen.

Level 3 heading

Here is some text which follows the heading. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. In Hertford, Hereford and hampshire, hurricanes hardly happen.

This is a test paragraph. It is separated from the previous one by a P paragraph mark.

This new paragraph was separated from the previous one by a blank line, a horrible leftover from SCRIPT, which violates the free format of the text.

This was delimited in the same way in the source. The blank line should have the same effect as a paragraph mark. We have included in HTML some tags from the SGML tagset used at and once supported at CERN by quite a lot of documentation and SGML examples. The HTML parser will ignore tags which it does not understand, and will ignore attributes which it does not understand of CERN-SGML tags. Of course, the HTML parser will not accept any commands in the SCRIPT language.

Now for an example section, in monospaced font:

_-_ [o,o] \-/ This text is laid out using fixed-width characters ----------- It uses the <XMP> tag, and can contain embedded < and > signs. It has tabs every eight columns like good old simple systems we know and love. 12345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Column: First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Index: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Junk: The Quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. After the example text, we revert to the default again.

Glossary

Now lets us try out a glossary. A glossary has a large hanging indent aligned with a first tab stop.

Glossary: A list of definitions of terms. Each term is given in a left-hand column, with a longer textual definition being given in a right-hand column.
Term: A word or phrase being defined.
Definition: A sentences or sentences which define the term. the definition can wrap around in the second column, but the term can't wrap around in the second column.

And after that dazzling display of formatting, how about an unordered list:

This is the first element of an unordered list
This is the 2nd element of an unordered list
This is the 3rd element of an unordered list
This is the 4th element of an unordered list

Now let's try a "MENU" section. It's the same as a list but intended for single-line sized entities, not too spaced out. It could be a browser panel.

This is the first element of a menu

This is the 2nd element of a menu

This is the 3rd element of a menu

This is the 4th element of a menu

Now let's try a "DIR" section. It's the same, but elements are expected to be smaller and to be arranged in columns.

First element of directory

This is the 2nd element

Third

fouth

fifth

sixth element of a directory

This is the 7th element of directory

Now let's try a "LISTING" section. The tabs should be every 8 spaces. 123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Column: First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Index: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Junk: The Quick borwn fox jumps over the lazy dog again! This is the end of the test file.