Re: Defining website scope using Sitemap protocol

Dear Alistair,

I agree that one method of defining the scope could be to use the site map (either the XML as used by google etc., or even the bog standard html site map) . You would need to provide a copy of the site map as it existed at the time of evaluation. It is a good example of “how an evaluator can express the scope”.

I don’t know how many examples we need to provide, the important thing is to make it clear that any scope statement is clear and reliable.

Regards
Richard


From: Alistair Garrison 
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 1:06 PM
To: Eval TF 
Subject: Defining website scope using Sitemap protocol

Dear all,  

It seems that a good number of website owners / webmasters submit a sitemap to search engines.  The schema of choice for this sitemap (file) is apparently the Sitemap protocol - http://www.sitemaps.org/ (supported by Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft.)

What would your thoughts be on using this sitemap file generated for a website, by the website owners / webmaster, to define the scope of a website? Possibly answering the question - How can an evaluator express the scope of a website.


Would be interested to hear thoughts / comments.


All the best 


Alistair