Automatic Classification of Web Resources

[Peter Kumaschow]

Gerry McKiernan wrote:
> 
>                  Automatic Classification of Web Resources
> 

>I would also much appreciate citations to significant literature on this topic from Web and non-Web sources.

The PICS standard defined by the World Wide Web Consortium.

PICS (Platform for Internet Content Selection) is a method of rating the
content of sites. It has been implemented in Microsoft's Internet
Explorer 3.0 Beta 2 and will probably be implemented in future versions
of Netscape Navigator. Both Netscape and Microsoft have agreed to
implement recommendations from the W3 consortium.

References:
http://www.w3.org/PICS
http://www.microsoft.com/ie/most/howto/ratings.htm

Please make a note of the following:

> In the latest release of Explorer, Microsoft has updated the
> COMDLG32.DLL file in the Windows/System directory. By
> doing this they have destroyed the dockable toolbars in many
> Windows 95 applications including their own Active X Control
> Pad. This bug also affects Windows 95 applications that rely
> on COMDLG32.DLL for repainting dockable toolbars, such
> as Paint Shop Pro 4.0, etc...
> 
> When contacted, Microsoft's response was "well, Explorer 3
> beta 2 is a *BETA* version". Not an acceptable answer, since
> this *BETA* version has rewritten vital Windows 95 libraries.
> 
> To fix this you must find an older copy of COMDLG32.DLL and
> from a DOS boot replace the existing one with the older version.
> After this is done, the problem is fixed, but Explorer 3 beta 2 will
> no longer run.
> 
> Explorer 3 has left my desktop, maybe for good if this is the
> behavior we can expect from it. Netscape, in all it's beta's,
> has never done something as callous as rewriting vital
> Windows system libraries!!!

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