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DJA
11-02-2006, 01:01 AM
Check out the evolving network of http://sci.rutgers.edu (http://www.aharef.info/static/htmlgraph/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsci.rutgers.edu%2F)& other web sites using .. 'websites_as_a_graph. (http://www.aharef.info/static/htmlgraph/)' software

This software will show html (tag) structure of different web sites.
Here's a legend (http://aks.rutgers.edu/images/webGraph/Legend.jpg) which explains nodes & branches of the networks

There are interesting parallels with neuronal & all sorts of other networks (http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/10/30/science/20061031_ESSAY_GRAPHIC.html). For example, similar (fractal (http://classes.yale.edu/fractals/)) mechanisms may play a role in how they grow and develop (http://classes.yale.edu/fractals/).

It might be interesting to compare and characterize different web sites' networks. Do they tell us anything useful about the evolution, complexity or perhaps the personality of the web site design?