Gkotsis, George, Stepanyan, Karen, Cristea, Alexandra I. and Joy, Mike (2014) Entropy-based automated wrapper generation for weblog data extraction. World Wide Web, Volume 17 (Number 4). 827-846 . doi:10.1007/s11280-013-0269-6

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Abstract

This paper proposes a fully automated information extraction methodology for weblogs. The methodology integrates a set of relevant approaches based on the use of web feeds and processing of HTML for the extraction of weblog properties. The approach includes a model for generating a wrapper that exploits web feeds for deriving a set of extraction rules automatically. Instead of performing a pairwise comparison between posts, the model matches the values of the web feeds against their corresponding HTML elements retrieved from multiple weblog posts. It adopts a probabilistic approach for deriving a set of rules and automating the process of wrapper generation. An evaluation of the model is conducted on a collection of weblogs reporting a prediction accuracy of 89 %. The results of this evaluation show that the proposed technique enables robust extraction of weblog properties and can be applied across the blogosphere.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources > ZA4050 Electronic information resources
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Computer Science
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Web usage mining, Data mining, Web search engines, Blogs, Blogs -- Data processing
Journal or Publication Title:	World Wide Web
Publisher:	Springer US
ISSN:	1386-145X
Official Date:	July 2014
Dates:	Date Event July 2014 Published 21 November 2013 Available 4 November 2013 Accepted 31 October 2012 Submitted
Volume:	Volume 17
Number:	Number 4
Page Range:	827-846
DOI:	10.1007/s11280-013-0269-6
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP7)
Grant number:	269963 (FP7)
Embodied As:	1

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