MyWEST: My Web Extraction Software Tool
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(Andrea Stella, MS and Marco Masseroli, PhD)
  http://www.medinfopoli.polimi.it/MyWEST/


EXTRACTION CONFIGURATION FILE FOR SEMIAUTOMATICALLY AND MANUALLY CREATED TEMPLATES
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SEMIAUTOMATICALLY CREATED TEMPLATES 
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Three extraction cases exist in relation to the HTML tag structure containing the data to extract:

- HTML table case: 
  set the HTML tags to consider as table column and row delimiters. 

  . Set the column delimiting tags within the labels "@A1" and "###" 
    (e.g. "<TD", "<TH"). 
  
  . Set the row delimiting tags within the labels "@A5" and "###"
    (e.g. "<TR").

- HTML list case: 
  set within the labels "@A2" and "###" the HTML tags to considered as labels for a list structure.
  (e.g. "DIR", "UL", "OL", "MENU").

- mixed HTML structure case: 
  set the HTML tags to consider as row and column delimiters of the extracted data.

  . Set the row delimiting tags within the labels "@A3" and "###"
    (e.g. "<LI", "<DL", "<P"). 

  . Set the column delimiting tags within the labels "@A4" and "###" 
    (e.g. "<B").

  Set within the labels "@A0" and "###" the extended extraction label.  

  . "<NO"  to extract only the data delimited by the defined tags.

  . "<YES"  to extract also other data, eventually contained within the common father node tag before the
                   defined delimiting tags.


SEMIAUTOMATICALLY CREATED TEMPLATE SETTINGS
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HTML table case: 
Column delimiting tags.
@A1
<TD
<TH
###

Row delimiting tags.
@A5
<TR
###


HTML list case:
Label tags for a list structure. 
@A2
<DIR
<UL
<OL
<MENU
###


Mixed HTML structure case:
Row delimiting tags.
@A3
<LI
<DL
<P
###

Column delimiting tags.
@A4
<B
###

Extended extraction label.
@A0
<YES
###


MANUALLY CREATED TEMPLATES 
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Set within the labels "@M1" and "###" the extraction modality label.  

  . "<REDUCED"  to extract only the data delimited by the HTML tag contained in the defined father node    

  . "<EXTENDED"  to extract also neighbour data. In this case, set within the labels  "@M2" and "###" 
                                 the HTML tags delimiting the data to extract. 
                                 (e.g. "<TD", "<TR", "<LI", "<TBODY", "<DL", "<DT", "<DD", "<UL", "<OL", "<MENU",  
                                          "<DIR", "<TH", "<P").


MANUAL TEMPLATE CREATION MODALITY SETTINGS
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Extraction modality label.
@M1
<REDUCED
###


HTML tags delimiting the data to extract (for the "EXTENDED" extraction modality).
@M2
<TD
<TR
<LI
<TBODY
<DL
<DT
<DD
<UL
<OL
<MENU
<DIR
<TH
<P
###


EXTRACTED DATA CLEANING 
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Set the characters to filter out at the beginning and at the ending of each extracted data set.

  . Set within the labels "@C1" and "###" the the characters to filter out at the beginning of each extracted 
    data set.
    (e.g. ":", ";", ".", ",",  "]", " ").

  . Set within the labels "@C1" and "###" the the characters to filter out at the ending of each extracted 
    data set.
    (e.g. ":", ";", ".", ",", " ").


EXTRACTED DATA CLEANING SETTINGS 
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Characters to filter out at the beginning of each extracted data set.
@C1
:
;
.
,
]
 
###

Characters to filter out at the ending of each extracted data set.
@C2
:
;
,
.
 
###