Web Infrastructure

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critically evaluate Web information practices
• Understand and use the Representational State Transfer (REST) architectural style of Web applications and APIs
• Identify the key characteristics of the Web Architecture
• Understand how monetised, scaled information delivery is achieved
• Understand net neutrality issues

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Explain the interaction between intellectual property legislation and the Web
• Explain the roles of technical standards bodies for the Web

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• The technical architecture of the World Wide Web
• The common standards for identification, representation and interaction on the Web
• Principles of Web information design
• The history of hypertext, its relationship with the Web, and current research issues

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Use common Web analysis technologies; data editors, browser inspectors, protocol analysers
• Analyse and use RESTful Web applications

The Architecture of the World Wide Web

HTTP protocol and Representational State Transfer

Hypertext: fundamentals, pioneers, hyperetxt writing, hypertext fiction, open hypermedia

Data Formats: TXT, HTML, CSS, XML, SVG, MathML, Office Open XML, EPub, PDF, CSV

The Web graph & search engines

Content delivery networks

Web advertising networks

Intellectual property, copyright and licensing

Net neutrality

Standards bodies

Face to face lectures, video lectures and discussions, practical laboratory sessions

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.