Web Metrics

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NIST Web Metrics Testbed Released by ITL

The Information Access Division has completed a new release of the NIST Web Metrics Testbed. Release 2.0 includes enhancements to existing tools, Windows versions, and new prototypes. The Web Metrics Testbed project is focused on experimenting with innovative tools to help with rapid, remote, and automated usability testing and evaluation of web sites. This testbed is designed to help usability engineers evaluate and improve the usability of their Web sites.

Release 2.0 NIST Web Metrics Testbed is available to the public for downloading from the website at http://www.nist.gov/webmetrics:

Web Static Analyzer Tool (WebSAT 2.0) checks web page HTML against typical usability guidelines
Web Category Analysis Tool (WebCAT 1.1) allows the usability engineer to construct and conduct a web category analysis
Web Variable Instrumenter Program (WebVIP 2.0) instruments a website to capture a log of user interactions
Framework for Logging Usability Data (FLUD 1.0) provides a file format and parser for representation of user interaction logs
VisVIP Tool (VisVIP 2.0) includes 3D visualizations of user navigation paths through a website

Collaboration with industry and academia continues to be an important part of the development of the testbed. More information about Web Metrics is available at the Web site http://www.nist.gov/webmetrics.

CONTACT: Sharon Laskowski, ext. 4535