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Investigation of Automated Population and Maintenance of a Resource Database using Web-based Screen Scraping and Web Services

Udayasankar, Subalekha
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1177689101

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2007, Master of Science, Miami University, Computer Science and Systems Analysis.
The World Wide Web (WWW) is a vast collection of files accessible to the public primarily through hyper-linked files called Web pages. Increasingly, people turn to the Web to locate suppliers, products and services. The Community Disaster Information System (CDIS), developed by Miami University for the American Red Cross, provides Red Cross workers with a database of suppliers of products and services for disaster response. Currently, Red Cross Workers populate and maintain the CDIS database through manual data entry. The Web can be used for automating the data population and maintenance tasks in CDIS. The goal of the thesis is to develop automated techniques for entering and maintaining the supplier information to enhance the quantity and quality of information in the CDIS system. Web-based screen scraping and Web Services are used to confirm that a significant portion of the data in the CDIS system can be automatically populated and maintained using the Web. The results suggest that using this approach, CDIS can store current, standard supplier information free of duplicates. The major drawback is that Web-based screen scraping requires maintenance in long-term usage.
Douglas Troy (Advisor)
49 p.
Community Disaster Information System; CDIS; American Red Cross

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  • Udayasankar, S. (2007). Investigation of Automated Population and Maintenance of a Resource Database using Web-based Screen Scraping and Web Services [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1177689101

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Udayasankar, Subalekha. Investigation of Automated Population and Maintenance of a Resource Database using Web-based Screen Scraping and Web Services. 2007. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1177689101.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Udayasankar, Subalekha. "Investigation of Automated Population and Maintenance of a Resource Database using Web-based Screen Scraping and Web Services." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1177689101

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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