[CivicAccess-discuss] What page scraping means

[Robin Millette]

Le Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:56:55 -0400,
Russell McOrmond <russell at flora.ca> a écrit :

> Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
> > Some was asking me what page scraping means.  Could you explain - in 
> > sorta lay person terms?
> 
>    A computer automated cut-and-paste where what page you go to is 
> automated, and what piece of information you try to learn from the 
> resulting page is automated.

When it's _really_ automated, it's called a feed or a microformat. It's called scaping because it usually also involves manual labor to get the job done right, as HTML pages are often modified with no regards to its semantic value.

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Robin