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Seminar on Internetworking

What is an Annotated Table of Contents?

In the context of this Seminar, the Annotated Table of Contents presents the basic structure of the Article-to-be, but contains only a little of the content that the Article will have, when finished. Thus, the Annotated Table of Contents contains the following:

1. The Title of the Article
2. A draft of the Abstract (The final abstract is the last thing you write)
3. The chapter and subchapter titles in the order the student plans to present her or his material.
4. A few lines of text under each chapter and subchapter title.

   This need not be full sentences, even. The purpose for this tentative text is to show what the student is going to write about in each (sub)chapter.

   The most important information that needs to be in the Annotated Table of Contents is contained in this text: on what material is the student going to base the article. In other words, the student needs to preliminarily refer to the sources (s)he has found for the work. An example:

   If the student wants to write fluent text:

   "
   Subchapter 2.1
   
   In this subchapter we report the main differences between
   SSH version 1 [reference for ssh1] and several SSH version 2:s 
   [reference for openssh2, reference for FSssh2, reference for 
   Sunssh2], with special attention to the file names 
   and directory structures each uses. 
   
   Subchapter 2.2
   
   Based on the previous subchapter, we analyze the interoperability 
   problems between different SSH 2:s.  The analysis is based on
   [first reference] and [second reference].
   "
   

   If the student wants to use a list:

   "
   Subchapter 2.1
   
   -present main differences between
    -SSH version 1 [ssh1]
    -SSH version 2:s [openssh2, FSssh2, Sunssh2]
   -attetion to
    -file names
    -directory structures
   
   Subchapter 2.2
   
   -analyze the interoperability problems between different SSH 2:s
    -based on [first reference] and [second reference].
   "
   

5. The reference list

   This is the most important part of the Annotated Table of Contents.

   This should contain at least 40-60% of the references that the student is going to use in the Article when it is finished. So use enough effort to find both relevant and valid references. Emphasize peer-reviewed references (articles from journals or conference proceedings), as their validity can generally be assumed to be higher than that of non-reviewed sources (books and miscellaneous).

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