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G V Gkoutos1, P R Kenway, H S Rzepa
1Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, SW7 2AY.
Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences
|March 30, 2001
Summary
A novel robot-based procedure converts HTML documents to XHTML, enhancing chemical content representation and document indexing. This method improves web accessibility and searchability for scientific information.
Area of Science:
- Computer Science
- Bioinformatics
- Digital Libraries
Background:
- Hyperlinked documents in HTML pose challenges for structured data representation.
- Chemical content within web documents often uses non-standard embedding methods.
- Effective indexing of scientific web content is crucial for information retrieval.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a robot-based procedure for converting HTML to XHTML.
- To standardize the representation of transcluded chemical content.
- To enhance the indexability of document collections through added attributes.
Main Methods:
- A web crawling robot traverses hyperlinked HTML documents.
- Conversion to XML-compliant XHTML format is performed.
- HTML
- Additional metadata, including SMILES descriptors, are incorporated.
Main Results:
- Successful conversion of HTML documents to well-formed XHTML.
- Standardized representation of chemical content using
- Improved document indexing capabilities with added attributes like title and SMILES.
- Conformance testing results for major web browsers are reported.
Conclusions:
- The robot-based procedure offers an effective method for converting and enhancing web-based scientific documents.
- The approach standardizes chemical content representation and improves searchability.
- The findings contribute to better digital library management and information retrieval for chemical data.
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