1995 Annual Lisp Users and Vendors Conference

Programming World Wide Web Applications
with the Common Lisp Hypermedia Server

John C. Mallery
(jcma@ai.mit.edu)

Intelligent Information Infrastructure Project
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Abstract: This tutorial provides the Lisp programmer with the intellectual and software tools to create Lisp-based applications on the World Wide Web. A review of current trends by top Web developers sets the stage for an in-depth exposition of the design and usage of a freely available Common Lisp Web Server. Demonstrations of selected Web applications will be followed by consideration of commercial opportunities and future directions.

Time:	8am-12noon, Wednesday, August 16, 1995
Location:	Room NE43-518 Artificial Intelligence Laboratory 545 Technology Square, 5th Floor Cambridge, Massachusetts
Transportation:	A shuttle bus will carry attendees from the Royal Sonesta at 7:45am to NE43-518 parking lot at Technology Square and return after the tutorial. Breakfast in a box will be provided by the conference.
WWW:	http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/iiip/doc/cl-http/home-page.html

Introduction & Overview [8:00-8:15]

Overview Major World Wide Web Standards and Trends [8:15-8:45]

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Phillip Hallam-Baker
Laboratory for Computer Science & World Wide Web Consortium
The Hypertext Markup Language
David Raggett
Hewlett Packard, Inc. & World Wide Web Consortium

Architecture of the Common Lisp Hypermedia Server (CL-HTTP) [8:45-9:15]

HTTP Methods :GET, :HEAD, :POST, :PUT, :DELETE
Object-Oriented Architecture
Accepting User Input
Condition Handling
Export Model
Security
Extending the Server

Break [9:15-9:25]

Generating Web Pages from Common Lisp [9:25-10:00]

Generating HTML 2.0
Computing Responses
- Computed URLs
- Search URLs
- Handling Form Posts
- Computed forms
Image Maps
Managing State
Efficiency and Multithreading Issues
Generating with HTML pre-3.0 Extensions
- Tables, Backgrounds, Refresh...
- Dynamic Customization for Client Capabilities
Caching Computed Pages

Advanced Facilities [10:00-10:20]

Dynamic Form Processing
W4 Constraint-Guided Web Walker

Break [10:20-10:30]

Review of Web Applications Using CL-HTTP [10:30-11:30]

Information Access with Natural Language
Boris Katz
M.I.T. Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Solving Classifications Problems With D3
Karsten Poeck
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
University of Wuerzburg
Video on Demand Research
Olivier Clarisse
ATT
The White House Publications System
The Vice President's Meeting on the National Performance Review

Commercial Web Applications [11:30-11:45]

Cambridge Research Laboratory

Apple Computer, Inc

Future Directions for CL-HTTP [11:45-12:00]

For further information on LUV '95:

Check out the ALU home page for full program and registration information at http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/miller/alu.html.

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(617) 491-3600.