A method of information extraction from a Web page using an initial
wrapper which has become partially inoperative, wherein the initial
wrapper comprises an initial set of rules for extracting information and
for assigning labels from a wrapper set of labels to the extracted
information, includes using the initial set of rules to extract strings
from the Web page parsed in forward direction; analyzing the extracted
strings according to the initial set of rules for assigning labels
associated with the wrapper; assigning labels to those strings which
satisfy the label rules; using the initial set of rules to extract
strings from the Web page in backward/(opposite) direction; analyzing the
extracted strings according to the set of rules for assigning labels
associated with the wrappers; and assigning labels to those unlabeled
strings from which satisfy the label rules.