Re: [xml-dev] XML Standard for exchanging grocery prices

[david.lyon@preisshare.net]

Hi Berk,

A really good standard to look at has been developed by the University  
of Manheim and is shopinfo.

With some simple scripts, you can download and get everything across a  
large number of vendors.

What is actually done is that a csv file holds the actual prices, you  
get the xml file which tells you then how to decode the data.

I have some perl scripts that I could publish that will automatically  
download about 8 million items from a range of websites across Europe.

It is all fascinating stuff....

Let me know if you are interested and I will publish the links..

Regards

David


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> On Oct 30, 2007 3:58 AM, Berk Birand <berkbirand@superonline.com> wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> For an academic project, I am developing a program that basically
>> functions like a comparison shopping tool. It needs to compare the
>> prices of items from several stores, and display the stores that are the
>> closest to the person.
>>
>> In order to get this to work, I need the price data for various stores.
>> I first thought that since Web Services were such a big hype, I would
>> have no trouble getting such information. However this proved much
>> harder, and I couldn't find any resources.
>>
>> Are there any standard XML standards for sharing this kind of price
>> information (perhaps even just for grocery-like items)? How would I go
>> about discovering web services for this purpose?
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I have somewhat hit the wall..
>>
>> Thanks,
>>   Berk Birand
>>
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