Difference between revisions of "How to set up a data stream"
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==Intelligence Dashboards== | ==Intelligence Dashboards== | ||
In Howard's chart, the first link under "Intelligence Dashboards" goes to [http://www.metafluence.com/integrating-netvibes-pipes-aiderss-dapper-for-an-intelligence-dashboard Justin Kirster's instructions] for creating a Dashboard. (The method Justin explains was in fact [http://gobigalways.com/my-secret-is-a-dashboard-for-each-side-of-the-firewall/#comment-58 developed by Sam Laurence)]. Justin finds it easiest to work in this order: | In Howard's chart, the first link under "Intelligence Dashboards" goes to [http://www.metafluence.com/integrating-netvibes-pipes-aiderss-dapper-for-an-intelligence-dashboard Justin Kirster's instructions] for creating a Dashboard. (The method Justin explains was in fact [http://gobigalways.com/my-secret-is-a-dashboard-for-each-side-of-the-firewall/#comment-58 developed by Sam Laurence)]. Justin finds it easiest to work in this order: | ||
| − | + | *Create Dapper feeds | |
| − | + | *Aggregate and manipulate feeds with Pipes | |
| − | + | *Run outputs through AideRSS | |
| − | + | *Import feeds and configure modules in Netvibes | |
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Let us take look at these one at a time. | Let us take look at these one at a time. | ||
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| − | + | Justin's Dashboard relies heavily on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rss RSS], which is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_feed web feed] format which informs you when someone has posted new content to the Internet. However, there is a lot of data on the Internet that does not come as RSS feeds. Dapper helps to process unstructured information from websites (in HTML format), to clean it and transform it into structured XML. | |
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| − | < | + | The use of Dapper is [http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/dapper_quest_to_unlock_web_data.php described in a post] by Alex Iskold. If you go to the [http://www.dapper.net Dapper website], it is at first unclear where you should click to find the data collection tool. Go to the bottom right of the page where you will find a link to the [http://www.dapper.net/dapp-factory.jsp Dapp Factory]. That link opens up a form in which you can enter the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Url">URL</a> of the website you are interested in. |
| − | + | ==Pipes== | |
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| − | In answer to a question by Rheingold, Marsh Gardiner posted instructions on | + | ==Bonus: Marsh Gardiner's Persistent Data Searches== |
| + | In answer to a question by Rheingold, Marsh Gardiner posted instructions on [http://blog.earth2marsh.com/2009/08/easy-way-to-watch-web.html how to create persistent data searches] using Google. | ||
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