TR-1990-042 Oct 12, 2024

Deterministic Crawling of Frame-Based Architectures

Analyzes traversal strategies for websites utilizing HTML framesets, addressing session persistence, dynamic src attributes, and nested iframe resolution during large-scale archival campaigns.

Crawling Algorithms HTML 3.2
TR-1990-039 Aug 05, 2024

Integrity Verification for Multipart MIME Archives

Establishes cryptographic hashing standards for multipart/mixed attachments found in early email-to-web gateways and listserver digests, ensuring bit-for-bit preservation accuracy.

Data Integrity RFC 2046
TR-1990-035 May 18, 2024

Pixel-Perfect Rendering of Netscape Navigator 3.0 Layouts

Documents our headless emulation pipeline using modified Gecko snapshots to reproduce proprietary CSS extensions, table-based layouts, and proprietary HTML tags accurately.

Legacy Rendering Emulation
TR-1990-031 Feb 22, 2024

Scalable Deduplication for GeoCities-Style Content

Presents a content-addressable storage model optimized for high-repetition personal homepage templates, background GIFs, and hit counter scripts common in mid-90s web hosting platforms.

Methodology Storage Optimization
TR-1990-028 Nov 10, 2023

Recovering Broken Deep Links in Archive-It Collections

Evaluates automated path reconstruction techniques for dynamically generated URLs using query string analysis and static asset mapping to restore navigability in archived web applications.

Crawling Algorithms Link Reconstruction
TR-1990-024 Jun 30, 2023

Standardizing METS/ALTO for Early Web Archival Packages

Proposes a community-driven metadata schema extension for WARC files that captures server headers, client user-agent strings, and legacy browser viewport dimensions during capture.

Methodology WARC Standards