Hi,
I installed 2.1.0 fine. How do I find info/examples about the new screen
scraper functionality? Many thanks.
-- Chung --
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote:
> The SIMILE Project is happy to announce the availability of the 2.1.0
> version of Piggy Bank, it's semantic web extension for the Firefox
> Browser.
>
> Get it from
>
> http://simile.mit.edu/piggy-bank/
>
> by clicking on the "get piggy bank" button on the top right.
>
>
> - o -
>
>
> There are the features of this new stable release:
>
> - drastically improved firefox extension design, fixes severe memory
> leaks experienced in the previous versions
>
> - massive speed improvements (up to 30x!)
>
> - welcome wizard and "now what?" documentation will guide the user
> during the first installation and help configure Piggy Bank for their
> needs (including hooks to where to find useful scrapers to collect
> non-RDF data from existing web sites)
>
> - optional integration with Google Maps works again and will be long
> lasting, since Piggy Bank now uses the official API (DISCLAIMER: you
> will have request a free key to enable support for GMaps in your Piggy
> Bank)
>
> - overall cleanup of the user interface graphics for a fresher and
> more pleasant look and snappier feel
>
>
> - o -
>
>
> Piggy Bank 2.1.0 features also useful new functionalities for semantic
> web and for screen scrapers developers:
>
> - support for the upcoming Firefox 1.5 series
>
> - development mode allows developers interested in the inner workings
> of Piggy Bank to have a better understanding of what's going on by
> looking at the extensive trace logs
>
> - special handlers make Firefox handle RDF content directly thru
> Piggy Bank (thus giving a semantic web equivalent to the early IE
> XML-tree that catalyzed the XML adoption)
>
> - added new utility functions to the scraping utilities available to
> the screen scrapers, to make it easier to write them
>
>
> - o -
>
>
> Thanks to the modular architecture (both systems are built around
> Longwell, the SIMILE faceted browsing tool), Semantic Bank, the server
> side companion of Piggy Bank, features a lot of the same improvements,
> most notably speed and Google Map integration. For more information on
> Semantic Bank and how to install your own, please visit
>
> http://simile.mit.edu/semantic-bank/
>
> and to see the SIMILE's own semantic bank in action visit
>
> http://simile.mit.edu/bank/
>
>
> - o -
>
> Happy Semantic Web!
>
>
> On behalf of the SIMILE team,
>
Received on Mon Oct 03 2005 - 21:36:46 EDT