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all of these web scraping frameworks, doesn't it tell you that the web needs more wide spread semantic markup? <jobs-list> <job> <employer> YCombinator <
by gabrielcsapo 10y ago
all of these web scraping frameworks, doesn't it tell you that the web needs more wide spread semantic markup?
<jobs-list>
<job>
<employer> YCombinator </employer>
<position> ... </position>
</job>
</jobs-list>
Something like that?
I know what everyone will say, it is so terse and convoluted, but maybe something like
<ul semantic-markup="jobs">
<li semantic-markup="job">
<p semantic-markup="job-employer"> YCombinator </p>
<p semantic-markup="job-position"> ... </p>
</li>
</ul>
Seems like a lot of work though...maybe I take that back.
- nathancahill 10y agoIf websites wanted to make their data accessible, they would create APIs. Data on websites is inaccessible for a reason.