web page
Let an agent explain what web pages are and how they work, support creating, evaluating and maintaining pages, describe accessibility, privacy and legal rules, and identify specific pages with sources.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand How web pages work.
Basics
Structure and delivery.
Basics
Basics.
- How is a web page built from HTML, CSS, scripts and media, and how is it delivered and rendered? definition
- How do static and dynamic pages differ? definition
Specific
A specific page.
Specific
Specific page.
- What is this page, who publishes it, and what is it for, according to its own information and reliable sources? provenance
- Which entry fits it? action
Create Making web pages.
Build
Building a page.
Build
Building.
- How can a web page be created and published, and which tools and standards apply? action
- How are pages kept fast and maintainable? action
Accessible
Accessibility.
Accessible
Accessibility.
- How can a page meet accessibility guidelines, and which legal requirements apply here? provenance
- How is accessibility tested? action
Evaluate Trust and safety.
Reliability
Evaluating pages.
Reliability
Reliability.
- How can the reliability of a web page be assessed, and what are signs of phishing or misinformation? action
- Is this page safe to use? boundary
Privacy
Privacy and tracking.
Privacy
Privacy.
- Which privacy rules apply to cookies, tracking and age gates on web pages? provenance
- How can users limit tracking? action
Context History and preservation.
History
History of web pages.
History
History.
- How did web pages develop from the first pages to modern dynamic applications? provenance
- Which pages are historically notable? provenance
Archive
Archiving pages.
Archive
Archiving.
- How are web pages archived and cited, and how can old versions be found? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Twitch Extension, JW Library, faculty web page, for you page, age gate, service status information page, home page, official member page, public page, registration page, store finder, New tab
What it is Filled
A document on the World Wide Web identified by a URL and displayed in a browser, written in HTML with styles, scripts and media, from static pages and institutional pages to dynamic and personalised pages such as feeds, age gates, status pages and platform extensions; web pages are created, published and maintained by people and organisations and are subject to accessibility, privacy and content rules.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain what web pages are and how they work, support creating, evaluating and maintaining pages, describe accessibility, privacy and legal rules, and identify specific pages with sources.
Distinguishing features Filled
- URL-addressed
- HTML-based
- Static or dynamic
- Regulated content
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Create phishing pages or pages that impersonate another organization.
- Publish or change pages on sites it does not have authority over.
- Ignore access rules or scrape personal data from pages without a lawful basis.
- Present content from a page as fact without noting its source.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing a page on behalf of a person or organization.
- Removing content from a live site.
May
- Fetch, read and summarize web pages it is permitted to access, citing the URL.
- Check pages for accessibility and broken links on sites it is authorized to audit.
Moral aspects Filled
- Pages spread misinformation and scams to many people quickly.
- Inaccessible pages exclude disabled people from services.
Who is affected
- Readers and users
- Disabled users
- Site owners
Owners Filled
Steward
The publisher or operator of the site; domain registries record who controls the address.
Master systems
- Domain name registries
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q17537576 - registry parent class
- Q3427877 - registry parent class
- Q5358404 - registry parent class
- Q60461402 - registry parent class
related
- web resource - category
- creative work - category
- unique identifier - URLs
- literacy - media literacy in evaluating pages
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.web-page
- Wikidata: Q36774 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36774)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Document at a URL rendered by a browser
- HTML with styles, scripts and media
- A website is a collection of pages; an app may not use pages
- Content rendered in a browser window or app.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain how web pages work
- support creating and maintaining pages
- describe accessibility and legal rules
- evaluate page reliability
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Malicious and phishing pages
- Inaccessible pages
- Misinformation
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- HTML, CSS and web standards by the W3C
- Web accessibility guidelines
- Privacy, cookie and content regulations
Context of use required Filled
- Documents on the web.
- static informational pages
- dynamic and personalised pages such as feeds
- institutional and personal pages
- functional pages such as age gates and status pages
- platform pages and extensions
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q36774: web page - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Web page - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should websites be a separate entry?
- How should web standards be linked?
- How should evaluation guides be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q36774/spec.json