Chung,
The new screen scraper functionalities will only be visible to screen
scraper programmers, not users. We will subsequenlty release another
extension that makes use of these functionalities to simplify writing
screen scrapers. Stay tuned.
David
Chung Le wrote:
> 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 Tue Oct 04 2005 - 11:37:32 EDT