Hi,
I would be pleased and appreciated of your help by
answering the following questionaires for my research. It should not take more
than 10 minutes to complete.
Thank you very much.
University of Wollongong
Information Sheet
Research Title: How important is XML likely to be to the next phase
of development of Web technologies?
Researcher’s Name: Steven Foong
This research project is being conducted as part of a Bachelor of
Information and Technology degree supervised by Dr. Carole Alcock in the
department of Information and Computer Science Technology at the University of
Wollongong, Australia.
The aim is to find out the importance of XML likely to be to the next
phase of development of Web technologies?
Your participation in this research is voluntary, you are free to
refuse to participate and you are free to withdraw from the research at any
time.
If you would like to discuss this research further please contact
Steven Foong on 02-97244882 (Australia) or Dr. Carole Alcock on (02) 42213884.
If you have any enquires regarding the conduct of the research please contact
the Secretary of the University of Wollongong Human Research Ethics Committee on
(02) 42214457.
Survey Questionnaires:
1. Which Browser do you use while
on-line?
a. Netscape
Navigator
b. Internet
Explorer
c.
Others
Answer: _____
2. Have you ever tried using XML?
a.
Yes
b. No
Answer: ______
3. If the answer is yes in 2 above: XML is just
as easy and simple to use as HTML.
a. Strongly
Disagree
b. Disagree
c. Mildly
Disagree
d. Mildly Agree
e. Agree
f. Strongly
Agree
Answer: ____
4. Have you published any materials on the
Internet in the last 12 months?
a.
Yes
b. No
Answer:
______
5. If the
answer is yes in 5, what publishing format did you use?
- HTML.
- XML.
- Acrobat PDF.
- VRML.
- Others.
Answer: ______
6. What is your preferred format
for Web publication?
- HTML.
- XML.
- Acrobat PDF.
- VRML.
- Others.
Answer:
______
7. Which Search Engine do you
use most to look for information in the Web?
a.
WebCrawler.
b.
Hotbot.
c.
Yahoo.
d.
Excite.
e. Infoseek
f.
Others
Answer: ______
8. You normally get the precise information you are
looking for with a minimum amount of effort.
(Referring to question
8)
a. Strongly
Disagree
b. Disagree
c. Mildly
Disagree
d. Mildly Agree
e. Agree
f. Strongly
Agree
Answer: ____
9. Documents marked up with XML
are easier for search engine to locate with less effort than
those markup with
HTML.
a. Strongly
Disagree
b. Disagree
c. Mildly
Disagree
d. Mildly Agree
e. Agree
f. Strongly
Agree
Answer: ____
10. XML is
better than HTML in the areas of
- Extensibility
- Client side processing
- manageability of documents
Answer: ____
11. Some ‘Futurists’ predict
that XML is the ‘The Next Big Thing’ as a markup language for Web publication in
the
future.
a. Strongly
Disagree
b. Disagree
c. Mildly
Disagree
d. Mildly Agree
e. Agree
f. Strongly
Agree
Answer: ____
12. Where do
you see XML position will be in the next 5 years?
- Becomes the prime Markup Language used in Web publication.
- Exists in parallel with HTML.
- An island of XML in HTML.
- Will be diminished.
Answer: ____
13. XML is more complex to
implement than HTML and is bound by rules that would deter people from using
it.
a. Strongly
Disagree
b. Disagree
c. Mildly
Disagree
d. Mildly Agree
e. Agree
f. Strongly
Agree
Answer: ____
14. The following will be
responsible for the success of XML, (Please rank from 1 to 5 to each of the
following: 1 denotes Strongly Disagree and 5 denotes Stronly
Agree)
Answer
- Web Publisher
_______
- DBMS
_______
- E-commerce
_______
- Browsers
_______
- Others
___________________ _______
15. The success of XML will
depend on the full functionality of XSL as specified by the
W3C.
a. Strongly
Disagree
b. Disagree
c. Mildly
Disagree
d. Mildly Agree
e. Agree
f. Strongly
Agree
Answer:
____
16. Any
comment?
17. Please indicate if you like to know the
result of this survey?
a. Yes
b. No
Answer: _______
Thank
you.
