Hi,

I had asked a question about a week ago regarding XML web services for 
grocery prices. I looked at all the answers that were suggested, but I 
didn't think the suggested technologies were particularly appropriate 
for my case.

david.lyon@p... wrote:
 > I have some perl scripts that I could publish that will automatically
 > download about 8 million items from a range of websites across Europe.

However David Lyon told me about this shopinfo database. Although it is 
mainly for Europe, I guess I can still use that just as a proof-of-concept.
So, can you send me the Perl scripts that you mention in your post David?

Thanks,
  Berk



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>> On Oct 30, 2007 3:58 AM, Berk Birand <berkbirand@s...> 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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