List words within specified element

See http://taporware.mcmaster.ca/~taporware/xmlTools/listword.shtml

Description

This tool can be used to list all of the words found within a specified element. The query results can be displayed alphabetically, by frequency, by order of appearance, or in reversed alphabetical order. If no element is specified, all words will be returned.

History

Pseudocode

• Obtain XML string by URL or from user's local disk
• Obtain subtext specified by xml element name
• Tokenize text into words using spaces and punctuation marks
• Sort and count words with similar letters ignoring capitalization
• Extract words based on user specified criteria if necessary
• Generate output format based on user's selection

Ways of Using

• Enter a valid URL in the URL field or enter (browse) a local path in the local file field to upload the xml text
• Enter valid xml element names (or paths) seperated by comma, default is "//"
• Select which list you want to get and enter the corresponding text if necessary
• Select sorting criterion
• Check the checkbox underneath the sort selection control to apply the inflectional stemmer (note: check this box will take longer time to process)
• Select output format
• If you want the results displayed in the same window with taporware interface, uncheck the check box - "Open results in new window"
• Finally, click the "Submit" button

CGI Interface

If you want to use this tool from your web site, here is the CGI Interface: (Note: You need to use attribute name/value pair: enctype="multipart/form-data" within the form tag because the tool was to designed to allow local file uploading in mind)

• URL: http://taporware.mcmaster.ca/cgi-bin/prototype/xlistword.cgi

Here are the parameters:

Parameter Name	Parameter Value	Control Type	Default	Discription
source	url/local	radio button	url	Let user select input text (either a url or upload local xml text)
xmlurl		text		A valid URL that the pointed document should be an xml text
localFile		file		The path to your local xml text file
xmlelem		text	//	Valid xml element names or xpaths separated by comma
range	all/patt/find/stop	radio button	all	Options that let user select the word list he/she want to see
wpat		text		A unix styled pattern. This field corresponding to the value "patt" in the radio button group named "range"
findstop	typedin/textfile/glasgow	radio button	glasgow	The option are related to the value "find" and "stop" in the radio button group named "range"
typedinword		text		This text field is corresponding to the value "typedin" of radio button group named "findstop"
wordfile		file		This field is corresponding to the value "textfile" of radio button group named "findstop"
sorting	1/2/3/4	selection	2	Sorting criteria which are alphabetically/by frequency/by order of first appearance/by reversed alphabetic order in the order of parameter values
stem		checkbox	unchecked	check to apply the inflectional stemmer
display	1/2/3/	selection	1	Display format which are HTML/XML tree/tab Delimited Text in the order of parameter values
taporface		checkbox	checked	display result in a new window without graphics interface (default) or with taporware interface in the same window

Web (SOAP) Service Interface

Taporware provides web services to any non-benefit organizations. here is the taporware web services infomation:

• Endpoint URL: http://taporware.mcmaster.ca:9982
• Service URI: http://taporware.mcmaster.ca/~taporware/webservice
• Service Method: list_Words_XML
• parameters:
  • xmlInput -- any well formed xml text
  • element -- any valid xml element names (xpath) in the input xml text separated by comma
  • listOption -- values are same as parameter "range" in the CGI interface above
  • optionSeletion -- values depend on the "list option"
  • sorting -- values are same as parameter "sorting" in the CGI interface above
  • outFormat -- values are same as parameter "display" in the CGI interface above

Known Bugs

To Do

-- MattPatey - 13 Oct 2005

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