JP2004220193A - Html link inspection system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inspect whether or not the actual HTML site satisfies a site structure by a link of an HTML file intended by a creator of an HTML site, and easily confirm especially whether or not the link form of an object provided for moving from a certain URL to other URL is correctly set. <P>SOLUTION: An HTML link inspection system includes a site structure management means 111 for managing the relation of the links among HTML files in the Web in advance for the Web site composed of the plurality of HTML files created in the hyper text language; an image link management means 118 for managing relevant information on the HTML files of the origin of link or the destination of link for the link set by the prescribed object used in the Web site; a link information extraction means for extracting link information in the HTML; and a link inspection means 116 for inspecting whether or not the link set by the image matches the structure managed by the management means 111. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an HTML link inspection system that inspects a link configuration of an HTML site including a plurality of HTML files.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In order to provide information on the WWW (World Wide Web), it is widely used to create a file in a hypertext language (HTML).
[0003]
HTML uses a hyperlink (hereinafter referred to as a link) mechanism, which enables a viewer to freely move from a document described in one HTML (hereinafter, an “HTML” document) to another HTML document on a browser. Has become.
[0004]
In the case of describing information in HTML, the more information posted there, the more difficult it is to store the information in one HTML document. For the sake of clarity, a plurality of HTML documents are linked by a hyperlink to one HTML document. It is common to create an HTML site.
[0005]
In order to link from one HTML document to another HTML document or image, a URL indicating the location of the linked document or image must be described as its attribute using an HTML tag for link description. For this reason, creating a plurality of HTML documents and describing their interrelationships with links becomes a tedious and difficult task as the number of HTML documents increases.
[0006]
Generally, when creating a web page using HTML, it is common to use an HTML creation tool that automatically inserts an HTML tag by directly writing the HTML tag without writing the HTML tag directly. In this case, the link description can be easily made, but the link description must be created one by one.
[0007]
Patent Literature 1 is a technique for facilitating the description of a link, and automatically inserts an anchor tag into a link destination using a keyword or a headline in the content of a web page created as text.
[0008]
Further, as a technique for grasping the structure of a created HTML file, a technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 is known. This analyzes the link relation of the actual HTML file group and displays it in an easily understandable format such as a graph or a tree structure.
[0009]
Further, as a technique for automatically adding or deleting a link when new information or the like is frequently added or posted only for a certain period of time, Patent Literature 3 is known.
[0010]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-11-25088 [Patent Document 2]
JP-A-11-195037 [Patent Document 3]
JP 2001-325144 A
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By using the above-described technology, it is possible to relatively easily add link information in HTML or to grasp the current situation. In addition, a link check for checking whether or not a linked file exists is also generally used.
[0012]
However, in order to check whether the link information included in the created page is attached to the correct (creator's intended) page, the creator must actually follow the link and There is no other way to visually check the page by moving it, and if the page structure of the site is partially changed, links will be replaced on various pages in the site, which will be a lot of trouble and correction Is more likely to occur.
[0013]
Also, as the size of an HTML site increases, the number of HTML files and the number of links also increase, so that users who are browsing the site can see what page they are currently viewing. You may not know if you can return to the original page.
[0014]
To solve this, the creator of the web page puts a character string such as "go home", "top", "next", "return" or an image in the page, and from there the page from which the user came Or, a link is provided so that the user can easily move to the next page to be viewed.
[0015]
In these links, the same character string or the same image exists in a plurality of files, but the link destination therefrom differs depending on the relationship between the files. It is also conceivable that a link image or a character string of a file at the time of file creation is copied and used, and the link destination is incorrect because the link destination is forgotten.
[0016]
In addition, in the case of files that are continuously arranged, for example, if a new file is added between the fourth file and the fifth file, the “next” link of the fourth file and the original fifth (new 6th) The "return" link of the file, the "next" and "return" of the newly added file, and all other existing links must be created or modified. It is easy to make mistakes.
[0017]
A first object of the present invention is to check whether or not an actual HTML site satisfies a site configuration based on a link of an HTML file intended by an creator of the HTML site, and particularly to provide a structure for moving from one URL to another URL. It is an object of the present invention to provide an HTML link inspection system capable of easily confirming whether an image such as a given icon or a link from a specific character string is correctly set.
[0018]
A second object of the present invention is to provide an HTML link inspection system that can easily change the link information when the configuration of the entire site is changed.
[0019]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The HTML link inspection system of the present invention manages in advance the relationship (parent-child relationship, context) of a plurality of HTML files created in the hypertext language by linking HTML files in the web. Site configuration management means, link object management means for managing the relationship information between the link source and link destination HTML files for the links provided by the objects used in the website, and extracting the link information in the HTML It is characterized by comprising link information extracting means and link checking means for checking whether a link established by the object conforms to the structure managed by the site structure managing means.
[0020]
In the HTML link inspection system according to the present invention, the predetermined object may be a link image and / or a link character string, and the link object management unit may be an image link management unit and / or a character string link management unit.
[0021]
Accordingly, it is possible to check whether or not the link provided on the image for satisfying the site configuration such as up, down, front and back, and arranged in the HTML site is arranged as intended by the creator. Can be checked for link validity.
[0022]
Further, in the HTML link inspection system of the present invention, based on the link information by the image in the HTML file extracted by the link information extracting means in accordance with the link information held by the image link managing means, the HTML file such as parent and child, front and rear, etc. There is provided a site configuration detecting unit for detecting a relationship between them, and from the detected site configuration, site configuration information to be managed by the site configuration managing unit can be automatically created.
[0023]
This makes it possible to automatically create a logical configuration of the created site by detecting a link by an image for realizing the site configuration, which is arranged in the HTML site.
[0024]
In the HTML link inspection system according to the present invention, the link information extracting means uses the character string link information in the HTML file extracted according to the link information held by the character string link managing means to create an HTML file such as a parent-child or a front-back HTML file. There is provided a site configuration detecting unit for detecting a relationship between them, and from the detected site configuration, site configuration information to be managed by the site configuration managing unit can be automatically created.
[0025]
This makes it possible to automatically create a logical configuration of the created site by detecting a link by a character string for realizing the site configuration, which is arranged in the HTML site.
[0026]
In the HTML link inspection system of the present invention, a site configuration change unit that changes site configuration information managed by the site configuration management unit, and the link correction unit that rewrites link information in an HTML file according to the change by the site configuration change unit. Can be provided.
[0027]
Thereby, the links in the actual HTML file are corrected according to the change in the site configuration information, so that when the site configuration is changed, the links in the HTML file can be corrected collectively.
[0028]
In the HTML link inspection system of the present invention, it is possible to include a site configuration illustration unit for graphically displaying (displaying in a list or graph format) the site configuration information managed by the site configuration management unit.
[0029]
Thus, the site creator can easily understand the site configuration of the HTML site that the site creator is creating by displaying the site configuration in the form of a diagram, a graph, or a picture so as to be easily understood.
[0030]
The HTML link inspection system of the present invention can include a site configuration changing unit that allows the user to change the site configuration graphically using a pointing device (such as a mouse).
[0031]
In this way, the site configuration can be corrected in the form of a diagram, a graph, or a picture, so that the site creator can easily and visually easily correct the site configuration of the HTML site being created. be able to.
[0032]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
As shown in FIG. 1, the HTML link inspection system 11 of the present invention includes a site configuration management unit 111, a site configuration DB 112, a site configuration change unit 113, a site configuration display unit 114, an HTML parse unit 115, a link Inspection means 116, link correction means 117, image link management means 118, image link DB 119, image link registration means 120, character string link management means 121, character string link DB 122, character string link registration means 123 , Display means 124, and input means 125.
[0033]
The site configuration management unit 111 manages the page configuration in the HTML site intended by the site creator. The site configuration DB 112 stores page configuration information managed by the site configuration management unit 111. The site configuration change unit 113 newly creates or corrects the site configuration, and passes the information to the site configuration management unit 111. The site configuration display unit 114 provides the user with the page configuration in the site managed by the site configuration management unit 111 in a visually understandable state such as a graph or a picture. HTML parsing means (link information extracting means of the present invention) 115 parses HTML in a file constituting the site and detects link information to other pages or images. The link inspection unit 116 refers to the configuration information managed by the site configuration management unit 111 and determines whether the link in the file detected by the HTML parsing unit 115 is linked to a correct link destination.
[0034]
The link correcting unit 117 corrects a link in the file detected by the HTML parsing unit 115 such as a link destination. The image link management unit 118 manages information indicating which image should be linked to which link from an image embedded in a page or other multimedia data. The image link DB 119 stores information on links from images managed by the image link management unit 118. The image link registration unit 120 registers an image link with the image link management unit 118 or corrects an existing one. The character string link management unit 121 manages information indicating which character string should be linked to which link from a character string embedded in the page. The character string link DB 122 stores link information from character strings managed by the character string link management unit 121. The character string link registration means 123 registers a character string link to the character string link management means 121 or corrects an existing one. The display unit 124 presents information such as characters and graphics to a user such as a display or a printer. The input unit 125 is a pointing device such as a keyboard and a mouse.
[0035]
The storage medium 21 in FIG. 1 includes an HTML file and an image file to be inspected by the HTML link inspection system 11. It should be noted that the number of storage media for storing HTML files and the like of one site is one or more, and there is a possibility that the files are dispersed.
[0036]
Further, the storage medium 21 and the HTML link inspection system 11 are usually connected via the Internet 300, and the HTML link inspection system 11 usually accesses the storage medium 21 via a WWW server.
[0037]
Hereinafter, the operation of the HTML link inspection system 11 of FIG. 1 will be described.
[0038]
Here, consider the operation when the site creator builds a company site. The site shall include new information, product introductions, corporate history, etc.
[0039]
(1) In the case of checking the image link of the created HTML site, the site creator considers the page configuration in the site when creating the site and creates an HTML file H_F. Further, a site configuration is created using the site configuration changing unit 113 and registered in the HTML link inspection system. In the system, the site configuration management means 111 stores site configuration information in a site configuration DB.
[0040]
It is assumed that the configuration of the site to be created is represented as shown in FIG. In this case, the site configuration information registered in the site configuration management unit 111 is as shown in FIG.
[0041]
In FIG. 2, a thick solid line arrow indicates a parent-child relationship, an arrow solid line indicates a link from the previous page to the rear page, and a broken arrow indicates a link from the rear page to the previous page. Although there is a relationship that can be expressed as a site top, a category top, and the like as the site configuration, it is omitted here.
[0042]
As shown in FIG. 3, the relationship between pages of the HTML site is represented by parent and child, front and rear, top, and the like. One page can be specified for each of the parent, front, and rear, but multiple children can be specified.
[0043]
The creator of the site registers the image used on each page in the site in the image link management unit 118 using the image link registration unit 120, particularly when using the image as a link.
[0044]
FIGS. 4A, 4B, 4C, and 4D show examples of registered images. (A) is a link image to a "home page", (b) is a link image to a previous page, (c) is a link image to a subsequent page, and (d) is a link image to a parent page. These are mainly icon images for page navigation.However, there are other cases where menu lists are represented by link images, company or product logos are used for links to the top page, etc. Yes, various link images are possible.
[0045]
Although the link image is used here, any multimedia data that can be used in HTML may be used.
[0046]
The image information registered in the image link management means 118 is as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, which file is linked to the HTML file on which the image is linked is indicated by [Previous] or the like. When linking to a page, a file ID may be described.
[0047]
When the creator instructs the HTML link inspection system 11 to inspect the link, the link inspection unit 116 obtains the site configuration information from the site configuration management unit 111 and the image link information from the image link management unit 118.
[0048]
The HTML parsing means 115 reads an HTML file included in the site from the site configuration information, and extracts an image link from the HTML document.
[0049]
The link checking means 116 obtains the link information extracted by the HTML parsing means 115, checks it against the site configuration information and the image link information, and checks whether or not a link matching the information is provided.
[0050]
For example, in the case of the site structure shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, if the file of ID: 0005 has the image of ID: I002 shown in FIG. 5 and a link is provided, the link destination is The page at the back, ID: 0006, ie,. . . / News_2. If it is set for html, it is correct, otherwise it is incorrect.
[0051]
If the link is incorrect, the link inspection means 116 displays it on the display means 124 and instructs the link to be corrected.
[0052]
Also, the HTML parsing means 115 transfers the image to which the link is not established from the image to the link inspection means 116.
[0053]
The link inspection means 116 can check whether or not the passed image exists in the image link information, and can inspect whether the image link has been forgotten.
[0054]
(2) When checking a character string link for the created HTML site, the site creator creates a site configuration and registers it in the site configuration management unit 111 as in the case of (1).
Further, a character string for establishing a link to be used on each page in the site is registered in the character string link management means 121 using the character string link registration means 123.
[0055]
The registered character string link information is, for example, as shown in FIG.
[0056]
The link inspection unit 116 obtains the site configuration information and the character string link information as in (1).
[0057]
The HTML parsing means 115 extracts the link information attached to the character string and passes it to the link inspection means 116.
[0058]
The link inspection means 116 inspects, based on the extracted character string link information, whether or not it matches the site configuration information and the character string link information, as in (1), and displays the inspection result on the display means 125. I do.
[0059]
Further, the link inspection means 116 passes the character string information managed by the character string link management means 121 to the HTML parsing means 115, and searches for a character string having a link (a link is set).
This makes it possible to check whether a link to a character string has been forgotten.
[0060]
(3) When correcting an image link for the created HTML site, the site creator creates a site using HTML as in (1), and transmits the configuration information to the site configuration management unit 111 and the image link information to a character string. It is registered in the link management means 121.
[0061]
As in the case of the inspection of (1), the image link in the HTML is extracted by the HTML parsing unit 115, and the link inspection unit 116 checks whether the link information is correct.
[0062]
If the link checking means 116 detects an error in the link such as a wrong link destination file name, the link correcting means 117 corrects the link information in the HTML file to the correct one.
[0063]
As in the case of the inspection, even for an image for which no link is set, new link information is added according to an instruction from the creator. As a result, the link forgetting is corrected.
[0064]
(4) When modifying the character string link for the created HTML site,
The site creator creates a site in HTML as in (2), and registers the configuration information in the site configuration management unit 111 and the character string link information in the character string link management unit 121.
[0065]
As in the case of the inspection in (2), a character string link in HTML is extracted by the HTML parsing means 115, and the link inspection means 116 checks whether the link information is correct.
[0066]
When a link error is detected by the link inspection unit 116, the link information in the HTML file is corrected to the correct one by the link correction unit 117. It should be noted that, as in the case of the inspection, even for a character string with no link, new link information is added according to an instruction from the creator. As a result, the link forgetting is corrected.
[0067]
In the case of a character string, the same word as that specified for the link may appear in a completely unrelated sentence compared to the image, so each time, interactively ask the creator whether the link can be modified. How to implement may be used.
[0068]
According to (3) and (4), when the site is updated, if the site configuration information is corrected, it is possible to relink the link so as to correspond to the new configuration. In particular, this is effective when a new page is inserted into an in-context page, an old page is deleted, or the order is changed.
[0069]
(5) When creating configuration information,
The site creator creates a plurality of HTML documents and their links. The image link information and the character string link information used in the site are registered in the image link management means 118 and the character string link management means 121, respectively.
[0070]
The link inspection means 116 obtains the respective link information registered in the image link management means 118 and the character string link management means 121 and passes them to the HTML parsing means 115.
[0071]
The HTML parsing means 115 parses the HTML file of the site based on the link information passed from the link inspection means 116 and extracts link information.
[0072]
The link inspection unit 116 passes the extracted link together with the file name of the link destination to the site configuration change unit 113.
[0073]
The site configuration changing unit 113 shapes the information passed from the link inspection unit 116 into the form of site configuration information, and passes it to the site configuration management unit 111.
[0074]
The HTML parsing means 115 follows links in the HTML file and parses all HTML files in the site.
[0075]
The site configuration display means 114 displays the site configuration information accumulated at the end of the parsing on the display means 125.
[0076]
FIGS. 7A to 7D show screen examples when displaying and correcting the site configuration. In FIGS. 7A to 7D, necessary pages can be arranged by input from a mouse or a keyboard, and the relationship can be shown by connecting them with arrows or the like. FIG. 7A is a diagram showing a state of a work in which a menu of “add page” is selected, FIG. 7B is a diagram showing a state of a work of selecting a menu of “link to child”, and FIG. FIG. 7D is a diagram showing a state of the operation in which the menu of “link to the next page” is selected, and FIG. 7D is a diagram showing a state of the operation of selecting the menu of “link to the previous page”.
[0077]
【The invention's effect】
According to the anti-invention, the following effects can be obtained.
[0078]
(1) The HTML site is inspected by checking whether the link placed on the image for satisfying the site configuration such as up, down, front and back, etc. arranged in the HTML site is arranged as intended by the creator. Can be checked for link validity.
[0079]
(2) A logical configuration of the created site can be automatically created by detecting a link by an image for realizing the site configuration, which is arranged in the HTML site.
[0080]
(3) A logical configuration of the created site can be automatically created by detecting a link by a character string for realizing the site configuration arranged in the HTML site.
[0081]
(4) Since the link in the actual HTML file is corrected according to the change in the site configuration information, the link in the HTML file can be corrected collectively when the site configuration is changed.
[0082]
(5) By displaying the site configuration in the form of diagrams, graphs, and pictures so as to be easily understood visually, the site creator can easily grasp the site configuration of the HTML site that he or she has created.
[0083]
(6) Since the site configuration can be modified in the form of a diagram, a graph, or a picture, the site creator can easily and visually easily modify the site configuration of the HTML site created by the site creator. be able to.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an HTML link inspection system of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a site created in the HTML link inspection system of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing site configuration information registered in a site configuration management unit when the site configuration shown in FIG. 2 is used.
4A is a link image to a “homepage”, FIG. 4B is a link image to a previous page, FIG. 4C is a link image to a subsequent page, and FIG. 4D is a link image to a parent page. .
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing image information registered in an image link management unit when the site has the configuration shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing registered character string link information in the case of the site configuration of FIG. 2;
FIGS. 7A and 7B are diagrams showing examples of screens when displaying and modifying a site configuration, wherein FIG. 7A shows a state of a work in which a menu of “add page” is selected, and FIG. 7B is a view showing “link to child”; (C) is a diagram showing the operation of selecting the menu of "link to the next page", and (D) is a diagram showing the operation of selecting the menu of "link to the previous page". It is a figure which shows the state of the operation | work which performed.
[Explanation of symbols]
11 HTML link inspection system 111 Site configuration management means 112 Site configuration DB
113 Site configuration change unit 114 Site configuration display unit 115 HTML parsing unit 116 Link inspection unit 117 Link correction unit 118 Image link management unit 119 Image link DB
120 image link registration means 121 character string link management means 122 character string link DB
123 character string link registration means 124 display means 125 input means

Claims (7)

A site configuration management means for managing in advance a plurality of websites composed of HTML files created in a hypertext language by using links between HTML files in the web;
Link object management means for managing relation information between a link source and a link destination HTML file for a link provided by a predetermined object used in the website;
Link information extracting means for extracting link information in HTML;
Link inspection means for inspecting whether a link provided by the image is in accordance with the configuration managed by the site configuration management means,
An HTML link inspection system, comprising: 2. The HTML link inspection system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined object is a link image and / or a link character string, and the link object management unit is an image link management unit and / or a character string link management unit. . Site configuration detecting means for detecting a relationship between HTML files such as parent and child, front and rear, based on link information based on images in the HTML file extracted by the link information extracting means in accordance with the link information held by the image link managing means. 2. The HTML link inspection system according to claim 1, wherein site configuration information to be managed by the site configuration management unit is automatically created from the detected site configuration. The link information extracting unit detects a site configuration based on link information based on a character string in the HTML file extracted according to the link information held by the character string link managing unit, and detects a relationship between the HTML files such as parent and child, and before and after. 3. The HTML link inspection system according to claim 2, further comprising means for automatically creating site configuration information to be managed by the site configuration management means from the detected site configuration. Site configuration changing means for changing the site configuration information managed by the site configuration management means,
Said link correcting means for rewriting link information in an HTML file according to the change by said site configuration changing means;
The HTML link inspection system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: The HTML link inspection according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a site configuration indicating unit configured to graphically display (display in a form of a list or a graph) the site configuration information managed by the site configuration management unit. system. The HTML link inspection system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a site configuration changing unit that allows a user to change a site configuration graphically using a pointing device (such as a mouse).

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