Domains | Keywords | Tops | Decisions | Links | Details What is twURL?
Topic: YOUR_TOPIC	Explanations: Topic, Domains/Sites, Links      Vocabularies/Keywords, Details/Decisions

What's the "twURLed World"? Where am I?

"twURLed World" webs are hypertexts of selected URLs collected on a particular topic. The collection and selection tool, twURL, helps a topic author to rapidly browse search engine results, decide which URLs to include on a topic, attach keywords to web pages, and then extend the web with links among URLs. The resulting hypertext (document) is presented on this website as static HTML pages you're free to browse or for search engines to crawl. The overall structure of a web topic hypertext looks like:
 
 

Top/Definitions/Key Locations: Topic, Domains/Sites, Vocabularies/Keywords, Details/Decisions, Links

Topic

Domains

1. List and graphic of Internet Domains for URLs in this collection
2. Numbers showing # of URLs in each domain

1. From the navigation links at the top of  the last page browsed
2. From a specific domain in this list

1. Choose one of the domains and link further to its sites page
2. To the top segments of reports (Domains, Keywords, Tops, etc.) - see the links at the top of the page
3. To the whole "twURLed World" website and other web topic collections

1. Which are the most populated domains? from which you might infer that a mostly .com collection was very commercial, or have a very international flavor, or be very non-profit (.org and .gov)
2. See the big picture of where the important places and organizations are
3. Scan the list of domains to  find one that's relevant or interesting, e.g. what's going on in France (.fr)

Domain/Sites

1. Size of sites, i.e. # of URLs in this collection at each site

1. "Down" from the Domains page list
2. "Across" from a site using the  next or previous link at the upper page corner
3. "Up" from a site using the "all" link in the upper corner

1. Choose one of the sites and link "down" to its site page .
2. "Up" to all the domains
3. "Across" using the next or previous links to another domain
4. To the top segments of reports (Domains, Keywords, Tops, etc.) - see the links at the top of the page
5. To the whole "twURLed World" website and other web topic collections

1. Which are the best URLs or sites to browse
2. Sites with lots of links in are usually "authorities" on the subject, while Sites with lots of links FROM and usually "hubs". Click through the next link at the top to see the linked sites for each
3. Get the big picture of where the important places and organizations are
4. Scan the titles of URLs to find one that's relevant or interesting

Site

1. Left and Right columns are sites that link TO and FROM this site, respectively
2. Middle column shows the URLs organized by directories
3. Below on many pages are graphics showing the linked sites

1. "Down" from a domain page with a list of sites
2. "Across" from another site in the same domain
3. "Up" from the details of a URL in the site
4. From the Linked Sites Table or from the linked sites of another site
5. From one of the Top 10 listings

1. Choose one of the URLs and link "down" to its details page .
2. "Up" to the Domain Page and list of sites in the domain
3. "Across" using the next or previous links to another site in the same domain
4. To the top segments of reports (Domains, Keywords, Tops, etc.) - see the links at the top of the page
5. To the whole "twURLed World" website and other web topic collections

1. Which are the best URLs or sites to start browsing using the decision marks
2. Sites with lots of links in are usually "authorities" on the subject, while Sites with lots of links FROM and usually "hubs"
3. Scan the titles of URLs to find one that's relevant or interesting
4. For large sites, view some of the hosts and directory structure

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Vocabularies/Vocabulary/Keywords

1. Listing of keywords in the Vocabulary and # of URLs associated with each keyword
2. Link to next and previous vocabularies

1. "Down" from a  #Vocabularies vocabularies page with a list of sites
2. "Across" from another Vocabulary
3. "Up" from the a Keyword page

1. Choose one of the Keywords and link "down" to its Keyword page .
2. "Up" to the Vocabularies Page and list of sites in the domain
3. "Across" using the next or previous links to another site in the same domain
4. To the top segments of reports (Domains, Keywords, Tops, etc.) - see the links at the top of the page
5. To the whole "twURLed World" website and other web topic collections

1. Which are the keywords that capture the content of the collection
2. Scan the titles of keywords to find one that's relevant or interesting

Keyword

1. Each URL has a combination (often a lot) of keywords in the vocabulary
2. The most common keywords are "factored" out to about 4 levels so you can drill down through a cluster of URLs

1. "Down" from a vocabulary  page with a list of keywords, including this one
2. "Across" from another keyword  in the same vocabulary
3. "Up" from the details of a URL in the site

1. Choose one of the URLs and link "down" to its details page .
2. "Up" to the Vocabulary Page and list of sites in the domain
3. "Across" using the next or previous links to another keyword in the same vocabulary
4. To the top segments of reports (Domains, Keywords, Tops, etc.) - see the links at the top of the page
5. To the whole "twURLed World" website and other web topic collections

1. Which are the best URLs or sites to start browsing using the decision marks
2. Combinations of keywords usually accurately describe the page
3. Use keyword clusters to home in on subtopics of interest
4. Scan the titles of URLs to find one that's relevant or interesting

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Details

1. Valuation and Decisions
2. List of links of URLs TO/FROM this URL
3. Excerpt of 1st 500 words (by twURL) or annotation from search engine
4. HTML META and headings

1. From the navigation links at the top of  the last page browsed (to the list of all URLs)
2. From any listing of URLs on a Site Page or a Keyword page or a Tops page or the Decisions Page or Linked URLs Table

1. Browse to the page on the web
2. "Up" to the page for this URL's site
3. "Across" to next and previous URLs (ordered by valuation)
4. "Up" to list of all URLs
5. "Up" to vocabulary or keyword used in the page's snippets
6. To the top segments of reports (Domains, Keywords, Tops, etc.) - see the links at the top of the page
7. To the whole "twURLed World" website and other web topic collections

1. Browse the most important URLs
2. See which URLs (and sites) have the most highly valued content in the collection
3. Identify the most highly rated URLs by the web topic author
4. Scan the titles of URLs to find one that's relevant or interesting

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Tops

1. Size of sites
2. Most URLs TO/FROM a URL or Site
3. Highest valuated URLs or Sites

1. From the navigation links at the top of  the last page browsed

1. Choose one of the sites and link to its sites page or a URL's details page linking from there to  Keywords or Tops or ...
2. To the top segments of reports (Domains, Keywords, Tops, etc.) - see the links at the top of the page
3. To the whole "twURLed World" website and other web topic collections

1. Which are the best URLs or sites to start browsing
2. Sites with lots of links in are usually "authorities" on the subject, while Sites with lots of links FROM and usually "hubs"
3. See the big picture of where the important places and organizations are
4. Scan the titles of URLs to find one that's relevant or interesting

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Links

1. Left column shows websites (in this collection, not the whole web) linking to website in the middle of the row
2. Middle column shows websites with links TO and FROM other websites in the 1st and 3rd columns
3. Right column shows websites with links coming FROM the website in the middle column

1. From the navigation links at the top of  the last page browsed

1. On the same page, to the next site in the table
2. Choose one of the sites and link to its sites page and from there to Domains or Keywords or Tops or ...
3. To a similar table for URLs instead of sites (warning: big HTML file)
4. To the top segments of reports (Domains, Keywords, Tops, etc.) - see the links at the top of the page
5. To the whole "twURLed World" website and other web topic collections

1. Which are the best URLs to start browsing
2. Scan the titles of URLs to find one that's relevant or interesting

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Decisions

1. Locked/Great URLs - most highly recommended
2. Clipped/Good URLs - on topic, good quality content
3. Questioned/OK URLs - maybe off topic, or not as much content

1. From the navigation links at the top of  the last page browsed
2. From the valuation field of a URL Details page

1. Choose one of the URLs and link to its details page and from there to Domains or Keywords or Tops or ...
2. To the top segments of reports (Domains, Keywords, Tops, etc.) - see the links at the top of the page
3. To the whole "twURLed World" website and other web topic collections

1. Which are the best URLs to start browsing
2. Scan the titles of URLs to find one that's relevant or interesting

Key Locations: Topic, Domains/Sites, Vocabularies/Keywords, Details/Decisions, Links

Definitions

• Page text: Annotation received from search engine or extracted by twURL
• Valuations and Decisions, indicating a numerical ranking and web topic author evaluation
• HTML fields: title, META,headings
• Source: search engine results or HTML page including this URL
• Links: computed (among URLs in the collection, not the whole web)

A list of keywords that express a perspective on a web topic. Some are broad (e.g. "role" or "discipline") or topic-specific jargon and concepts (e.g. "information warfare" or "mad cow disease")

A word that commonly matches certain pages to form a cluster of related URLs. Match means the keyword appears somewhere in the URL details (snippets) about the page, not the whole page as do search engines, meaning the keyword usually represents a "higher level" concept. Words ending in . match anything as a suffix.

• links TO or FROM other URLs/sites in the collection
• Valuations: numerical formulas that indicate a ranking, using number of links and number of keywords. Valuations appear bracketed near URLs {} and in URL Details fields.

The usual information included in HTML HREF. Virtual links are added to the nearest URL at the same site. Virtual links compensate for the different ways page authors link, e.g. main page, expecting the user to drill down, or low in the directory structure to an exact page (which is likely to change)

As the web topic author uses twURL, decisions are added to help filter and determine the scope of the collection. Decision categories help identify the very best to less useful URLs.

1. Conceptually, a collection of inter-linked and keyword-annotated URLs on a subject, e.g. a book, political issue, or person
2. As hypertext, the suite of HTML pages, organized into domains, keywords, tops, and details