The table below gives an overview of document formats used for storing technical and administrative documents with COST Action 255. The listing is intended for orientation only and is not intending to endorse or promote a specific product. However, the listing is organized in descending order of preference.
Most software packages are registered trade-marks.
This is the prefered format because it provides platform independent output of formatted text and graphics. The pages should be displayable on all recent versions of Netscape, Mosaic, Cello, Lynx and MS Internet Explorer. For the time being, frames and Java-scripts are not used to maintain compatibility with older WEB Browsers. This format is a compressed version of PostScript and can be displayed on a range of platforms. It is most suitable for complex formatted documents containing graphics and equations.