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Richard Fontaine
Aug 14, 2009, 11:30:10 AM8/14/09
to rewiredstate-hewg, ja...@abscond.org, daniel.jo...@googlemail.com, ric...@memespring.co.uk
(The CCers are the organisers)
This project consists of two key tasks.
Task one:
Summary: Code scrapers to scrape information from the UCAS website
about universities, courses and more. Then scrape league table data
from wherever. Then assemble this data into a online service so people
can query it. Then assemble into a relationshipped SQL database for
easy use in Task two.
Subtasks:
Scrape data from UCAS on courses.
Scrape data from UCAS on universities.
Scrape data from UCAS on fees then merge with the uni table.
Scrape data from http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=8726
on overall league tables then merge with uni table.
Scrape data from http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=8727
on subject scores per uni and merge with courses table.
Assemble a quick online query system.
Assemble the SQL database.
Task two:
Summary: Code a search engine-like system to display the courses by
rank in that course/subject with advanced search functionality.
Subtasks:
Code initial search system.
Code advanced system and sorting system.
Code a basic frontend.
Add AJAX prettyness.
Set up system on a website
This project consists of two key tasks.
Task one:
Summary: Code scrapers to scrape information from the UCAS website
about universities, courses and more. Then scrape league table data
from wherever. Then assemble this data into a online service so people
can query it. Then assemble into a relationshipped SQL database for
easy use in Task two.
Subtasks:
Scrape data from UCAS on courses.
Scrape data from UCAS on universities.
Scrape data from UCAS on fees then merge with the uni table.
Scrape data from http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=8726
on overall league tables then merge with uni table.
Scrape data from http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=8727
on subject scores per uni and merge with courses table.
Assemble a quick online query system.
Assemble the SQL database.
Task two:
Summary: Code a search engine-like system to display the courses by
rank in that course/subject with advanced search functionality.
Subtasks:
Code initial search system.
Code advanced system and sorting system.
Code a basic frontend.
Add AJAX prettyness.
Set up system on a website
Richard Fontaine
Aug 14, 2009, 11:34:41 AM8/14/09
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Additional info: The advnaced should have a search by date and search
by distance function.
On Aug 14, 4:30 pm, Richard Fontaine <zbrahea...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
by distance function.
On Aug 14, 4:30 pm, Richard Fontaine <zbrahea...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> (The CCers are the organisers)
>
> This project consists of two key tasks.
>
> Task one:
> Summary: Code scrapers to scrape information from the UCAS website
> about universities, courses and more. Then scrape league table data
> from wherever. Then assemble this data into a online service so people
> can query it. Then assemble into a relationshipped SQL database for
> easy use in Task two.
> Subtasks:
> Scrape data from UCAS on courses.
> Scrape data from UCAS on universities.
> Scrape data from UCAS on fees then merge with the uni table.
> Scrape data fromhttp://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=8726
>
> This project consists of two key tasks.
>
> Task one:
> Summary: Code scrapers to scrape information from the UCAS website
> about universities, courses and more. Then scrape league table data
> from wherever. Then assemble this data into a online service so people
> can query it. Then assemble into a relationshipped SQL database for
> easy use in Task two.
> Subtasks:
> Scrape data from UCAS on courses.
> Scrape data from UCAS on universities.
> Scrape data from UCAS on fees then merge with the uni table.
> on overall league tables then merge with uni table.
> Scrape data fromhttp://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=8727
Richard Fontaine
Aug 15, 2009, 5:41:36 AM8/15/09
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This is yet another feature addition:
User-driven search functions which can store personal blacklists of
universities.
On Aug 14, 4:34 pm, Richard Fontaine <zbrahea...@googlemail.com>
User-driven search functions which can store personal blacklists of
universities.
On Aug 14, 4:34 pm, Richard Fontaine <zbrahea...@googlemail.com>
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