Error Using Xml Package In R

I am gathering data about different universities and I have a question about the follow error after executing the following code. The problem is when using htmlParse() Code: url1

Solution 1:

http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fnces.ed.gov%2Fcollegenavigator%2F%3Fid%3D165015 indicates the webpage is badly formed. Your browser can compensate for this but your R package is having problems.

if you are using windows you can get the IE browser to fix it for you as follows:

library(rcom)
library(XML)
ie = comCreateObject('InternetExplorer.Application')
ie[["visible"]]=T # truefor debugging
comInvoke(ie,"Navigate2","http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=165015")
while(comGetProperty(ie,"busy")||comGetProperty(ie,"ReadyState")<4){
 Sys.sleep(1)
 print(comGetProperty(ie,"ReadyState"))
}
myDoc<-comGetProperty(ie,"Document")
webpage1<-myDoc$getElementsByTagName('html')[[0]][['innerHTML']]
ie$Quit()
doc1 <- htmlParse(webpage1)