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A visual tool for building logical data models of websites

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Zehua Liu,

Wee Keong Ng,

Feifei Li,

Ee-Peng LimAuthors Info & Claims

WIDM '02: Proceedings of the 4th international workshop on Web information and data management

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https://doi.org/10.1145/584931.584951

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Information sources over the WWW contain a large amount of data organized according to different interests and values. Thus, it is important that facilities are there to enable users to extract information of interest in a simple and effective manner. To do this, We propose the Wiccap Data Model, an XML data model that maps Web information sources into commonly perceived logical models, so that information can be extracted automatically according to users' interests. To accelerate the creation of data models, we have implemented a visual tool, called the Mapping Wizard, to facilitate and automate the process of producing Wiccap Data Models. Using the tool, the time required to construct a logical data model for a given website is significantly reduced.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.datak.2003.10.004
Vineel G(2009)Web page DOM node characterization and its application to page segmentationProceedings of the 3rd IEEE international conference on Internet multimedia services architecture and applications10.5555/1812598.1812659(325-330)Online publication date: 9-Dec-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1812598.1812659
Bařinka LJelínek I(2009)Data extraction by visual matchingProceedings of the International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies and Workshop for PhD Students in Computing10.1145/1731740.1731846(1-4)Online publication date: 18-Jun-2009
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DOI:10.1145/584931

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Liu ZNg WLim ELi F(2019)Towards building logical views of websitesData & Knowledge Engineering10.1016/j.datak.2003.10.00449:2(197-222)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2019
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Vineel G(2009)Web page DOM node characterization and its application to page segmentationProceedings of the 3rd IEEE international conference on Internet multimedia services architecture and applications10.5555/1812598.1812659(325-330)Online publication date: 9-Dec-2009
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