Web-based Data Mining Technology

Web-based data mining is a hot research topic which combines two research aeras: data mining and World Wide Web.In this paper,the most recgonized approach is to categorize Web mining into three areas:Web content mining,Web structure mining,Web usage mining.According to the current and future of Web mining , this paper summanies several research issues.Because of the semi-structured data feature,Web mining is more difficult and quite different from the traditional database-based data mining.Finally we well introduces a new technology of XML. The appearance of XML brings chance to solve the problem of Web-based data mining. The research of Web-mining will meet with a lot of challenges. But on the same time the research has great potential.