Method for facilitating identification of navigation regions in a web page based on document object model analysis

A computer program product for facilitating identification of navigation regions in a web page based on document object model (DOM) analysis, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

• analyzing the web page for features, wherein the features include at least one of:
• interactive elements, content regions, link region roots, or landmarks;
• representing the features in a tree structure;
• analyzing the tree structure for a link density to identify non-main landmarks, a reading order, and main content roots;
• and
• enabling a region navigation for the web page based on the identified non-main landmarks, reading order, and main content roots.

A system for facilitating identification of navigation regions in a web page based on document object model (DOM) analysis, the system comprising at least one computer including a processor configured to perform a method comprising:

• analyzing the web page for features, wherein the features include at least one of:
• interactive elements, content regions, link region roots, or landmarks;
• representing the features in a tree structure;
• analyzing the tree structure for a link density to identify non-main landmarks, a reading order, and main content roots;
• and
• enabling a region navigation for the web page based on the identified non-main landmarks, reading order, and main content roots.