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website

vr.tr.website · PHY.OBJ

Let an agent handle websites by ownership, purpose, trustworthiness, accessibility, privacy and legal notices, and help people spot scam sites.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle websites by ownership, purpose, trustworthiness, accessibility, privacy and legal notices, and help people spot scam sites.

A set of related web pages served under a common domain name and accessed over the internet with a web browser, such as company sites, online shops, news sites, marketplaces and personal sites.

What it is for: Publishing information and services on the web.

It can be check who operates a website; assess whether a site is legitimate; check accessibility and privacy practices; build or maintain a website.

Distinguishing features

Hosted under a domain

Accessed with a browser

Operated by an identifiable party

Subject to consumer and privacy law

What it looks like

Pages with navigation, text, images and forms, reached by a URL.

How it is recognised

Domain name and URL

Imprint, privacy policy and contact pages

A web app or platform may span many domains

Related models

is a kind of - category

digital media

is identified by - identifier

domain name

is built with - component

web page

is related to - kind

online marketplace

In practice

Families and kinds

corporate and institutional sites

online shops and marketplaces

news and media sites

personal sites and blogs

government portals

Identifiers

URL site-specific https address address

Standards and regulation

WCAG accessibility guidelines

GDPR and ePrivacy rules on cookies

EU Digital Services Act

Failure modes and hazards

Phishing and fake shops

Inaccessible design

Tracking without consent

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Identity Who runs it.

Operators must be identifiable.

Operator

Owner.

Operator

Operator.

  1. Who operates the website, according to its imprint or legal notice? provenance
  2. Does that match company registers? provenance

Domain

Domain records.

Domain

Domain.

  1. How old is the domain, and does the URL imitate another brand? boundary
  2. Is the connection secured with HTTPS? boundary
Trust Scams.

Fake sites cause harm.

Scam

Warning signs.

Scam

Scam signs.

  1. Does the site show warning signs of a fake shop or phishing? boundary
  2. Which official scam checkers or warnings list it? provenance

Report

Reporting.

Report

Reporting.

  1. How can a fraudulent site be reported? action
  2. What should someone do if they already paid or entered details? action
Compliance Accessibility and privacy.

Law applies.

Accessibility

WCAG.

Accessibility

Accessibility.

  1. Does the site meet WCAG accessibility criteria? measurement
  2. Is there an accessibility statement? provenance

Privacy

Cookies and data.

Privacy

Privacy.

  1. Does the site ask for consent before non-essential cookies? boundary
  2. What does its privacy policy say? provenance
Building Making sites.

Sites need care.

Build

Creating.

Build

Building a site.

  1. Which tools and hosting suit this website? action
  2. What legal pages are needed? provenance

Archive

History.

Archive

Archived versions.

  1. How did the site look in the past, according to web archives? provenance
  2. Which archive holds it? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each website be a separate entry?
  • How should operator identity be verified?
  • How should archived versions be linked?
Draft as JSON