Julien Masanès. Web Archiving. With 28 Figures and 6 Tables ABC

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1 Web Archiving

2 Julien Masanès Web Archiving With 28 Figures and 6 Tables ABC

3 Author Julien Masanès European Web Archive 25 rue des envierges Paris, France ACM Computing Classification (1998): H.3, H.4, I.7, K.4 Library of Congress Control Number: ISBN-10 ISBN Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer, Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer is a part of Springer Science+Business Media springer.com c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006 The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. inthis publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Typesetting by the author and SPi Cover design: KünkelLopka, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper SPIN: /45/ 2145/ SPi

4 Contents Web Archiving: Issues and Methods... 1 Julien Masanés 1.1 Introduction Heritage, Society, and the Web Web Characterization in Relation to Preservation New Methods for a New Medium Current Initiatives Overview Conclusion...46 References...46 Web Use and Web Studies Steve Jones and Camille Johnson 2.1 Summary Content Analysis Surveys Rhetorical Analysis Discourse Analysis Visual Analysis Ethnography Network Analysis Ethical Considerations Conclusion...66 References...67 Selection for Web Archives Julien Masanés 3.1 Introduction Defining a Selection Policy Issues and Concepts Selection Process Documentation Conclusion...89 References...90

5 VI Contents 4. Copying Websites Xavier Roche 4.1 Introduction The Art of Copying Websites The Parser Fetching Document Create an Autonomous, Navigable Copy Handling Updates Conclusion Reference Archiving the Hidden Web Julien Masanès 5.1 Introduction Finding At Least One Path to Documents Characterizing the Hidden Web Client Side Hidden Web Archiving Crawler-Server Collaboration Archiving Documentary Gateways Conclusion References Access and Finding Aids Thorsteinn Hallgrimsson 6.1 Introduction Registration Indexing and Search Engines Access Tools and User Interface Case Studies Acknowledgements References Mining Web Collections Andreas Aschenbrenner and Andreas Rauber 7.1 Introduction Material for Web Archives Other Types of Information Use Cases Conclusion References...174

6 Contents VII 8 The Long-Term Preservation of Web Content Michael Day 8.1 Introduction The Challenge of Long-Term Digital Preservation Developing Trusted Digital Repositories Digital Preservation Strategies Preservation Metadata Digital Preservation and the Web Conclusion Acknowledgements References Year-by-Year: From an Archive of the Internet to an Archive on the Internet Michele Kimpton and Jeff Ubois 9.1 Introduction Background: Early Internet Publishing : Launch of the Internet Archive : Link Structure and Tape Robots : Getting Archive Data Onto (Almost) Every Desktop : From Tape to Disk, A New Crawler, and Moving Images : Building Thematic Web Collections : Public Access with the Wayback Machine: The 9/11 Archive : The Library of Alexandria, The Bookmobile, and Copyrights : Extending Our Reach via National Libraries and Educational Institutions : And the European Archive and the Petabox The Future References Small Scale Academic Web Archiving: DACHS Hanno E. Lecher 10.1 Why Small Scale Academic Archiving? Digital Archive for Chinese Studies Lessons Learned: Summing Up Useful Resources List of Acronyms Index