Re: W3C-WCA metrics
From: Chris Tilt (chris@webcriteria.com)
Date: Fri, Jun 04 1999
Message-ID: <3757E69F.31920492@webcriteria.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 07:45:51 -0700
From: Chris Tilt <chris@webcriteria.com>
To: Jim Pitkow <pitkow@parc.xerox.com>
CC: www-wca@w3.org
Subject: Re: W3C-WCA metrics
Jim,
Thank you for your response. I was very encouraged by your
interest and I look forward to interacting with the group.
Would it be helpfull to setup a web page on w3.org where
we could post metrics from different groups? I could post
a benchmark report.
It would be helpful if you and others could assist in
determining a set of sites that you feel represents the
web. Does OCLC post their set of sites?
My message dated 28-may-99 to the WCA list sited a reference
to our white paper. It is the repeated here:
http://www.webcriteria.com/our_tech/white_paper.htm
Cheers, Chris
Jim Pitkow wrote:
>
> Chris,
> Sorry for the delayed response. Your work is quite related to several
> areas of activity within the WCA. Specifically:
>
> * Client side modeling. Last year, the WCA developed a representative
> testbed to test HTTP-NG against other versions of HTTP. The testbed
> included a client side model called SURGE developed by Paul Barford at
> Boston University. Here at PARC, we've just completed a set of studies
> that look at clicks characteristics within Web sites (distribution,
> predictability, etc). The description of your tool is intriguing. Can you
> send a pointer to the white paper to the WCA mailing list (If you're not on
> the list, let me know and we can get you signed up)? This should
> facilitate a broader discussion.
>
> * Web site sampling. The WCA is very interested in methods to
> automatically recharacterize various aspect of the Web. One member, OCLC,
> runs a random sample every so often and characterizes various metrics.
> However, I don't think we've reach an optimal solution or even consensus as
> what best to recharacterize. Your input here could help. Again, any
> information you could post to the WCA mailing list, would be great.
>
> Thanks much,
> Jim.
>
>
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