Istar Server Ancillary Files

For the Istar Knowledge Server to run properly, you must have the following files in the IstarSys:files/ directory (drawer). At present, assume all are mandatory, because quite a number of them hold HTML code and structure. In future I hope to rationalise them.

A set of files from which HTML pages are created:

htmlhead - HTML code to start a new page, up to title.
htmlend - Text to be added at the end of most pages; currently just a reference to Istar itself and the HTML ending code.
htmlwelcomestart - Starting text of Welcome Page - preceding the list of KBs.
htmlwelcomeend - Text to end Welcome Page, after the list of KBs.
htmlnotes - Notes to be added before the end of most pages; currently instructions on what to do on a question page.
htmlh0 - Heading for main help text of each question.
htmlh1..7 - Headings for subsidiary help texts 1..7
htmlhelppage - HTML page for Help that is not specific to any question.
htmlstoppage - HTML page to respond to user's 'stop' signal.
htmlwelcomedet - HTML text (e.g. H3 heading) that introduces the details of the KBs (long descriptions) on the welcome page.
htmlresults - Text to say that the inference session has stopped and results are available. Body text at start of the What-Now page.

The following contain error messages or pages (you MUST have these files):

htmlbad - Error message page saying that Istar did not understand what your browser sent; perhaps you had modified the URL?
htmlbadkbfile - Error message page saying that Istar could not load the KB file indicated in the KBDetails set up from the serverkbs file.
htmlbadkbid - Error message page saying that Istar does not have the KB indicated in the message sent from your browser; perhaps you had modified the URL, or were using an old Welcome Page that you had cached?
htmlfull - Error message telling client that Istar currently has its quota of clients.
htmlnogl - Error message page saying that the KB selected does not seem to have a Goal List; If this happens it means that the server KBs have been wrongly chosen, which is a fault at the server end.
htmlnokbc - Error message page saying that Istar cannot obtain a kbControl structure for the KB.
htmlnodoc - Body text to tell user that there is no document available.

Last updated: 7 February 2001.