Addressing web locator fragility: a case for browser extensions

Publication Details
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
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Abstract

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...