linkkitiedot

Linkkitiedot is a term used in web data management to describe metadata associated with hyperlinks. It covers data stored about links inside documents, databases, or crawled datasets, such as destination URL, anchor text, relation, and provenance. It helps in auditing, accessibility, and analytics.

Typical fields include href or url, text or anchor, rel, target, title, aria-label, data attributes, creation and modification timestamps, source document, and reliability indicators like status codes or validity period. Link information can be stored in structured formats like JSON, CSV, or embedded in HTML as data attributes or microdata.

Use cases include link auditing for broken link detection, SEO analysis, content migration and redirection planning, accessibility checks, and provenance tracking for citations. Tools include web crawlers, link checkers, and CMS plugins.

Challenges and considerations include dynamic or user-generated links, privacy concerns with tracking click data, versioning, and maintaining consistency across sites. Compliance with accessibility and data protection laws.

See also: linked data, href, rel, schema.org, web crawling.