And how do you distinguish between 'real' HTML information and tiny
little gifs used as fillers, buttons etc on pages? By size? type?
There can be many of these in a page but they are not real content.
Perhaps G**gle could do it?
Bob Irving
On 8 May 2006, at 16:16, Chiusano Joseph wrote:
> <Quote>
> Okay, that's what I am seeking; that's my objective. How do I obtain
> it? /Roger
> </Quote>
>
> Probably not possible, IMHO - too big and ambitious a task. Would
> require a snapshot (or continuous monitor, for ongoing results) of
> every
> single file created everywhere in the world (that is, those not behind
> firewalls).
>
> Joe
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Costello, Roger L. [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 11:04 AM
> To:
> Subject: RE: [xml-dev] [Watchers of the Web] The evolving form of
> information on the Web?
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have been having some offline discussions with Greg Hunt. He is
> helping me find clarity on what I am seeking:
>
> Greg: What are you trying to achieve really?
>
> Roger: I just want to know the state of the Web today, with respect to
> the use of content types. For example, 15 years ago HTML was clearly
> the dominate content type of the Web. Is that true today? Has a
> shift
> occurred? Perhaps other content types have nudged out HTML for top
> ranking? I want a "content type snapshot" each year so that I can see
> how the Web is evolving. I want to be a Watcher of the Web's
> evolution.
> To be a Watcher, I need hard, concrete data.
>
>
> Okay, that's what I am seeking; that's my objective. How do I obtain
> it? /Roger
>
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