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| - | + | == 9ticks == | |
| - | + | === Overview === | |
| - | + | * Retrieve, interpret and store data source events | |
| - | + | * Predefined and custom data sources | |
| - | + | * Visualizations | |
| - | + | * Queries | |
| - | + | * Alerts | |
| - | + | * Tags | |
| - | + | * Web and mobile-based frontends | |
| - | + | * History | |
| - | + | === State of the Art === | |
==== Alerts.com ==== | ==== Alerts.com ==== | ||
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| - | + | === Data Sources === | |
==== Predefined ==== | ==== Predefined ==== | ||
| - | + | * TBD Sources: stocks, flight schedules, weather, sports, auctions, traffic reports, feeds, sensors, ... | |
| - | + | * Makes use of data source API | |
| - | + | * May make use of external APIs | |
==== Custom ==== | ==== Custom ==== | ||
| - | + | * TBD Sources: html table, html items, ... | |
| - | + | * Makes use of data source API | |
| - | + | * User may identify items to monitor in the following ways: | |
| - | + | ** **Single Page Entry** -- single page items | |
| - | + | ** **Same Level Page Entries** -- every news title, repetitive patterns | |
| - | + | ** **Table Selection** -- smartly select all table items | |
| - | + | ** **Table Line Selection by Constant Column Value** -- select something in the same row/column whose column/row has something wrote on it | |
| - | + | ** **Automatic Selection Inside Area** -- smartly select every item inside a bounded polygon or even the whole page | |
| - | + | ** **Advanced Text Selection** -- left of something and/or right of something, bounded by something | |
| - | + | * Browser extension is an option | |
| - | + | * Each item data type must be automatically chosen by the system. May be overridden by the user. | |
| - | + | === Data Source API === | |
| - | + | * Modular approach | |
| - | + | * Every DS adapter will make use of this API | |
| - | + | * Each item has the following properties: | |
| - | + | ** **Name** -- identification | |
| - | + | ** **XPath** -- location in the page | |
| - | + | ** **Type** -- data type (following section) | |
| - | + | === Data Types === | |
| - | + | * Suggest the best type for each item | |
| - | + | * TBD Data types: | |
| - | + | ** Integer | |
| - | + | ** Decimal | |
| - | + | ** Percentage | |
| - | + | ** Value -- temp, speed, height, weight, ... | |
| - | + | ** Time | |
| - | + | ** Date | |
| - | + | ** DateTime -- event timestamp | |
| - | + | ** String | |
| - | + | * Connect similar/equivalent data types: | |
| - | + | ** Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin, ... | |
| - | + | ** Metre, Mile, Yard, Foot, ... | |
| - | + | ** Euro, U.S. Dollar, Pound, Swiss franc, ... | |
| - | + | === Data Interpretation === | |
| - | + | * Show data from several angles TBD | |
| - | + | * Mix/Join data sources | |
| - | + | === Data Store === | |
| - | + | * Performance | |
| - | + | * Scalability | |
| - | + | * Use RRDtool or a similar approach | |
| - | + | ** Round Robin Database | |
| - | + | ** Bounded storage footprint | |
| - | + | ** Sampling | |
| - | + | ** Custom levels of aggregation | |
| - | + | * Client-side history | |
| - | + | * Queries, visualisations and filters may be stored for future re-utilization by any user | |
| - | + | * **Distributed memory (condor-like)** | |
| - | + | === User Interface === | |
| - | + | * Web-based | |
| - | + | * Mobile | |
| - | + | * TBD Push/Pull-based | |
| - | + | === Miscellaneous === | |
| - | + | * OpenID login | |
| - | + | * i18n | |
| - | + | === Firefox Extension === | |
[[http://student.dei.uc.pt/~rjmm/firefox/9ticks.xpi|9ticks Firefox extension]] | [[http://student.dei.uc.pt/~rjmm/firefox/9ticks.xpi|9ticks Firefox extension]] | ||
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==== Use cases ==== | ==== Use cases ==== | ||
| - | + | * [[http://eztv.it/index.php?main=airs|Series Countdown List]] | |
| - | + | * [[http://dsg.dei.uc.pt/ganglia/|DSG Cluster]] | |
| - | + | * [[http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/superliga_classificacao.php|Liga Sagres]] | |
| - | + | * [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/table/default.stm|Barclays Premier League]] | |
| - | + | * [[http://weather.no.sapo.pt/details.html|Manteigas Weather]] | |
| - | + | * [[http://www.osnews.com/|OSNews]] | |
| - | + | * [[http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:AAPL|Apple Google Finance]] | |
| - | + | * [[http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/newyear.html|New Year Countdown]] | |
| - | + | * [[http://www.traffic.com/New-York-Traffic/I-278_Gowanus_Expressway___Brooklyn_Queens_Exwy-NORTHBOUND-7_NB_GW_BQE_12.html|NY I-278 Traffic]] | |
| - | + | * [[http://www.ebay.com/|Ebay]] | |
