by intent, low-tech by default

A collection of excursions,

digressions and minor matters …

by Franz Sdoutz

Due to Google [effecting the net], all external content is referred to its HTML context.

Such as: a specific external content [… and its embeding context.]

Exceptions: 'none permanent' URL, endless code (some blogs), unknown origin (mainly with PDF and some images), multiple reference to same [image] source, embeded video, and severe NONSENSE.

Google Images [currently] does not distinguish embedded objects from linked content. It correlates any referring HTML context that 'defines' images 'in a way' matching an inquiry. So far I’ve not been able to avoid such faulty attributions. [Google is apparently improving on that matter.]
In order to convince Google:
a) properly 'designate' images and
b) provide an appropriate 'unique' HTML context [that I can then referrer to] …

Referred sites may relocate or even shut down. In order to retrace external content, additional information (title, author …) is being added to vital links [using the 'title' tag]. This information will be ignored by search engines, but shows 'on mouse over'.

Links to specific preview pages [http://books.google.com/] turned out "non permanent" over time. Therefore such previews are [and will be] fully cited.

When using [my] content, make certain you know what you are actually referring to! DON'T quote me quoting someone else’s quotes … [for that is what I do ;-]

Citation format: Free Style […]

A "source" is noted using Roman numerals. Its position within a text is marked by Arabic numerals (e.g.: I.) 7, II.) 8, III) 9, II.) Img. _01, I.) 10 ), allowing for "endnote-blocks" and easy cross-referencing.

1. Source I.)
   [Where I got the information from: print, web, me being there …
   in random order, mapping my work's progression.]
   
   Note 7 [found at source I.) ]
   Note 10 [A cross reference is simply: III) 9 ]
2. Source II.)
   
   Note 8
   [JPG, GIF, PNG also provide 'on mouse over' information.]
   Img. _01, Img. _22 [detailed information for illustrations, reproduced from source II.) In some texts still referred to in German as "Abb."]
3. Source III.)
   
   Note 9 [This habit of referencing is not fully implemented yet.
   Work in progress … ]

Since 2008 I've adopted and adapted the "books.google.com convention" ['title', author, publisher, year of publication or date of retrieval… URI] which also works well for websites and other multimedia sources.

Links to mediaarchitecture.at

• The URI displayed in your browser [starting with www.mediaarchitecture.at/ for English content] is 'permanent' [will be '301 redirected']. Content may change though …
• Use the right anchor when linking to a certain paragraph, image or reference note within 'a page'.
  For example:
  …xy_en.shtml [a page]
  …xy_en.shtml#ill_02 [a certain illustration on that page]
  …xy_en.shtml#ill_02_notes [notes for that illustration]

External links are being updated and augmented regularly. Suggestions are very welcome! The views expressed by linked content most certainly may not represent my own.

English and German versions are not necessarily identical, though I'm trying …
Please bear [with me] that all 'discourse' merges in language. In doubt, the German text probably contains less nonsense than its English translation.

ARCHITEKTURTHEORIE.NET was registered in January 2006 and has been online since Mai 2006.
ARCHITECTURETHEORY.NET headlines English content since June 2009.

"Last changes:" dates mark alterations of content and appearance, not of source code.
By now all filenames start with their template version. [2010 marks XHTML template no. 4, not a specific date.]

Previous versions can only be made available in PDF format. Simply browse the ARCHIVE for each single page [linked from the top, providing you face template no. 3].

There may also be copies
in Google cache,
or in the Internet Archive, the Wayback Machine 1 2 3.

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