What page scraping means

Posted by Robin Millette on Sep 24, 2008; 12:02am
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Canadian-Postal-Code-list-tp1258p1270.html

Le Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:56:55 -0400,
Russell McOrmond <[hidden email]> 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