Web Content Mining With Java: Techniques for Exploiting the World Wide Web

328 pages. Unlock the potential of the world's biggest database. This practical book sh ows you how to build portals, construct search engines and other knowledge-based applications to mine the information you need from the Web. * Written by a dev eloper for developers * A practical, hands-on approach * Illustrates how Java as sociated tools (XML, HTML) can be combined with database technology to display a nd manipulate Web-derived information more effectively. * Demonstrates how to bu ild a structure browser, portal, meta-search engine and how to make 'Talking Pag es' Editorial Reviews Review When I got this book, I couldn't put it down. A l ot of computer books sit on the shelf or send me to sleep, but not this one. Not only is it both topical and useful, but it hits a just-about-ideal balance betw een code and food for thought. The author has a real knack for useful solutions to complex problems. (www. Java Ranch 17 May 2002) From the Back Cover What do you with information at the websites you visit? You read it, print it, and maybe do a screen grab. But you could do so much more with it if only you could get h old of the information in a more usable form: a form that you could manipulate, store and query automatically. In this book you'll learn how to automate the: * discovery of websites containing interesting data * extraction of specific info rmation from HTML and XML pages * presentation of aggregate information via your own portal * interpretation of data using text- and data-mining techniques Java is the language of the web, so all practical examples are provided in the form of Java code that demonstrates HTTP communication, HTML and XML parsing, email r etrieval and much more. This is the book for you if you want some real, practic.…