| Title | Addressing web locator fragility: a case for browser extensions |
|---|---|
| Authors | Iñigo Aldalur, Oscar Díaz |
| Author Count | 2 |
| Type | Conference Paper |
| Publication Date | Jun 2017 |
| Year | 2017 |
| Where Published | EICS '17 2017 |
| Quartile | N/A |
| DOI | 10.1145/3102113.3102124 |
| ResearchGate URL | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320208073_Addressing_web_locator_fragility_a_case_for_browser_extensions |
| JCR Indexed | No |
Web locators uniquely identify elements on the Web Content. They are heavily used in different scenarios, from Web harvesting to Web testing and browser extensions. Locators' Achilles heel is their fragility upon Website upgrades. This work tackles locator fragility in the context of browser extensions. We introduce regenerative locator, i.e. tradi...