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Meerkat Overview

Meerkat Overview. David Robb CSCI 7818: Topics in Software Engineering Fall 2001. Overview. Web-based syndicated content reader Focus on up-to-date technical news Stories sorted by update time Stories filtered by Category/Channel or search criteria Rich Site Summary (RSS) based

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Meerkat Overview

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  1. Meerkat Overview David Robb CSCI 7818: Topics in Software Engineering Fall 2001

  2. Overview • Web-based syndicated content reader • Focus on up-to-date technical news • Stories sorted by update time • Stories filtered by Category/Channel or search criteria • Rich Site Summary (RSS) based • Relevant news in a single location

  3. Technical Specifications • Perl backend • PHP frontend • Apache web server • MySQL database

  4. Behind the Scenes Features • Maintains list of channels • Checks channel RSS file every hour to pull new stories • Pulls new technology related channels from aggregators

  5. Registration of Channel • Meerkat doesn’t have a registration system currently • Register channel through aggregator • xmlTree: directory of content • Aggregator.Userland.com

  6. Front End Features • Profiles/Mobs • Use to create groups and store articles according to relevance • Must be a registered user • Categories/Channels • Different groups of articles • Can list articles you want by selecting desired category and clicking refresh button • Not all Categories/Channels have current news

  7. Front End Features (continued) • Search For • Keyword search of title and description fields • Can change field to search by using drop down menu • Show Me • Select time frame of stories you want to see • From one hour to all stories ever posted • Displays 50 stories per page. Use < and > to move between pages

  8. Front End Features (continued) • Story • Displayed from newest to oldest • Title in bold with description underneath • Click on title to open a new window and read the full story from the source’s website • Same window is used to read each story

  9. Front End Features (continued) • Action • Icons located to the left of the story description • Click on the globe to open a new window and perform a web-based search on the title and key words in a story • Click on the magnifying glass to open a new window and search the source’s website for information similar to this story • Click on the ring of dots to add a story to your Mobs group

  10. Front End Features (continued) • Source • Name of the channel in which the story appears • Click on the source to view all stories from the same source • Category • Stories are categorized based on story content • Date • Date Meerkat first noticed the story and entered it into its database

  11. Conclusions • Useful aid for information retrieval • Provides timely, relevant information quickly • Provides easy web search • Doesn’t provide end to end path for information, but is a good starting point

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