>From C|NET and the NY Times... -ac
Researchers work to eradicate broken hyperlinks
http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_0_4_1565468_00.html
"Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley say they have
come a step closer to solving a frustrating problem familiar to most Web
surfers--the broken hyperlink. In a recent academic paper, computer
scientists Thomas A. Phelps and Robert Wilensky outlined a way to create
links among Web pages that will work even if documents are moved
elsewhere. While researchers have tried to tackle the issue before,
Internet search experts said the paper describes a potentially elegant
solution to a widespread and long-recognized puzzle...."
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