Main.TAPoRwareXMLDateFinder (r1.1 vs. r1.3)
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 <<O>>  Difference Topic TAPoRwareXMLDateFinder (r1.3 - 27 Mar 2007 - LianYan)

META TOPICPARENT TAPoRware

Date Finder

See http://taporware.mcmaster.ca/~taporware/xmlTools/datefinder.shtml
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Description

This tool extracts dates from an HTML document. Dates can be limited to all dates, years, months, weeks, seasons, North American holidays or user defined dates (e.g. specific month(s), week(s), season(s), holiday(s)).
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History


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  • Obtain XML string by URL or from user's local disk
  • Obtain text contained in user specified element and/or attribute
  • Use pattern match to get the sentences containing the user specified date (all date, years, months, weeks etc.)
  • Generate html output to display

Ways of Using

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  • Enter a valid URL pointing to an xml document in the URL field or enter a local upload xml text
  • Enter a valid xml element name and/or attribute name with its value
  • Select a date format you want to investigate. If you select "user date", you have to enter the date in the related text field.
  • Select output format (current, only html format is supported)
  • 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

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>		 If you want to use this tool from your web site, here is the CGI Interface: (Note: If you want to upload local xml text to the tool, you need to use attribute name/value pair: enctype="multipart/form-data" within the form tag)

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 html 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
xmlpath   text // Valid xpath or multple xml element name separated by comma
attr_name   text   valid attribute name
attr_value   text   An attribute value. If this field is not empty, you have to specified an attribute name in the corresponding field
date all/year/month/week/season/holiday/user radio button all Date type to be searched
userdate   text   Fill this field if select "user date", must be name of month, year, week, season or holiday
display 1 selection 1 Display format which is HTML current
taporface   checkbox checked display result in a new window without graphics interface (default) or with taporware interface in the same window

Web Service Interface

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>		 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: date_finder_XML
  • parameters:
    • xmlInput -- any well-formed xml string
    • element -- any valid xml element or xpath
    • dateOption -- a seletion list of date formats user can select. The selectiona are; all date, years, months, weeks, seasons, holidays and user date with the values of all/year/month/week/season/holiday/user respectively.
    • userDate -- name of year, month, week day, etc. Used when user select "use date"
    • outFormat -- value is html since only HTML format is support currently.

Known Bugs

To Do

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 <<O>>  Difference Topic TAPoRwareXMLDateFinder (r1.2 - 15 Oct 2005 - MattPatey)

META TOPICPARENT TAPoRware
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Date Finder

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

Description


This tool extracts dates from an HTML document. Dates can be limited to all dates, years, months, weeks, seasons, North American holidays or user defined dates (e.g. specific month(s), week(s), season(s), holiday(s)).
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History

Pseudocode

Ways of Using

CGI Interface

Web Service Interface

Known Bugs

To Do


-- MattPatey - 13 Oct 2005

 <<O>>  Difference Topic TAPoRwareXMLDateFinder (r1.1 - 13 Oct 2005 - MattPatey)
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META TOPICPARENT TAPoRware
This tool extracts dates from an HTML document. Dates can be limited to all dates, years, months, weeks, seasons, North American holidays or user defined dates (e.g. specific month(s), week(s), season(s), holiday(s)).

-- MattPatey - 13 Oct 2005


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Revision r1.1 - 13 Oct 2005 - 22:35 - MattPatey
Revision r1.3 - 27 Mar 2007 - 17:04 - LianYan