Understanding Deep Web Search
Interfaces: A Survey
(Published, SIGMOD Record 2010)
Ritu Khare, Yuan An, and Il-Yeol Song, The iSchool at Drexel.
Description of Datasets
Approach |
Datasets/ Resources |
No. of Sites |
No. of Interfaces |
Avg. no. of form elements |
Tot. no. form elements |
Avg. no. of text-labels | Tot. no. of attributes |
Test Domains |
|
|
100 |
4 |
|
|
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Semiconductor Research Corporation, The Semiconductor Reference Site, Hoover Online Business Network, Lycos Companies Online. |
52 |
100 |
4.6 (min=1, max=12) |
460 |
DB Technology, Movies, Semiconductors |
|||
500 |
150, 30 |
|
|
Automobile, Airfare, Books, Car Rental, Hotel, Jobs, Movies, Music, Real Estate |
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AutoTrader, ZIPFind, Amadeus, PubMed, ClassicCar, Lycos Companies Online, Powell's Books, AA Flight Search, Phuket Hotel Guide, Mobile.de, Yahoo RealEstate |
11 |
58 |
|
160 |
Automobile, Airfare, Books, Car Rental, Hotel, Medical, Real Estate, Scientific Publication, Shopping |
|||
146 |
184 |
|
1582 |
1117 |
Books, Electronics, Games, Movies,Music,Toys,Watches. |
|||
|
2884, 296 |
|
|
Automobile, Airfare, Books, Movies |
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|
100, |
6.57 (min=1, max=18) |
|
3.75(min=1, max=10)1.57(min=1, max=8) |
Automobile, Airfare, Books, Car Rental, Electronics, Games, Hotel, Jobs, Movies, Music, Real Estate, Toys, Watches |
|||
|
500 |
|
|
Automobile, Biology, Health, Movies, References and Education. |
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100 |
6.5(min=2, max=14) | 2.32(min=1, max=7) |
Airfare, Automobile, Books, Job, Real Estate |
* Provided by authors upon request
Datasets used in important Deep Web projects: QI Project, WISE-iExtractor, WISE-Integrator, MetaQuerier
Acknowledgements: We sincerely thank the authors of LEX and ExQ for providing useful insights and comments.