Was this the real Web? Quantitative overview of the Polish ccTLD Internet Archive data (1996–2001)

Marcin Wilkowski

Was this the real Web? Quantitative overview of the Polish ccTLD Internet Archive data (1996–2001)

Data publikacji: 23.12.2021

Archeion, 2021, 122, s. 44-68

https://doi.org/10.4467/26581264ARC.21.015.14495

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Was this the real Web? Quantitative overview of the Polish ccTLD Internet Archive data (1996–2001)

Abstrakt

This article is an attempt to build a quantitative panorama of the Polish country code top-level domain (ccTLD) in the years 1996–2001 on the basis of data generously provided by the Internet Archive. The purpose of analyzing over 72 million captures is to show that these resources have limited potential in reconstructing the early Polish Web. The availability of historical Web resources and tools for their easy exploration in no way determines their potential value and usefulness in research, even if we do not have access to alternative sources.

Artykuł przedstawia ilościowy opis zasobów polskiej domeny krajowej (country code top-level domain, ccTLD) z lat 1996–2001, dostępnych w zbiorach Wayback Machine, archiwum Webu prowadzonym przez Internet Archive. Celem analizy ponad 72 mln archiwizacji (captures) jest wykazanie, że zasoby te mają ograniczony potencjał w rekonstruowaniu polskiego wczesnego Webu. Dostępność historycznych zasobów WWW i narzędzi do ich łatwej eksploracji w żaden sposób nie przesądza o ich potencjalnej wartości i przydatności w badaniach, nawet jeśli nie mamy dostępu do alternatywnych źródeł.

Słowa kluczowe

Internet Archive, Polish Web, historical Web resources

Internet Archive, polska domena krajowa, zasoby historyczne www

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Informacje

Informacje: Archeion, 2021, 122, s. 44-68

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/26581264ARC.21.015.14495

Typ artykułu: Oryginalny artykuł naukowy

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Was this the real Web? Quantitative overview of the Polish ccTLD Internet Archive data (1996–2001)

Polski: Czy to był prawdziwy Web? Ilościowy przegląd polskiej domeny krajowej w zbiorach Internet Archive (1996–2001)

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Marcin Wilkowski

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2924-268X

Uniwersytet Warszawski, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 30, 00-927 Warszawa, Polska

Publikacja: 23.12.2021

Status artykułu: Otwarte

Licencja: CC BY-NC-ND

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