TAPoRware Date Finder (XML)

TAPoRware Date Finder (XML)

Tool Details

Name

Description

This tool extracts dates from an XML document. Dates can be limited to all dates, years, months, weeks, seasons, North American holidays or user defined dates (e.g. specific month(s), week(s), season(s), holiday(s))

Website

http://tada.mcmaster.ca/Main/TAPoRwareXMLDateFinder

Type

Endpoint URL

http://ra.tapor.ualberta.ca/~taporware2/services/datefindxml

Service URI

http://ra.tapor.ualberta.ca/~taporware2/services/datefindxml

Service Method

Soap Action

Default Stylesheet

Text Compatibility

tei, xml

AnalyzeThis HTML Fragment

Static URL

Dynamic URL

Quick Tool Launch

- OR -
    
    <input type="hidden" name="selectForClientSide1" value="upload_xmlInput"/>
    <input type="file" name="upload_xmlInput"/>

- OR -
    
    <input type="hidden" name="selectForClientSide1" value="text_xmlInput"/>
    <input type="hidden" name="text_xmlInput" value="Enter a value here"/>
    
    - OR -
    
    <input type="hidden" name="selectForClientSide1" value="text_xmlInput"/>
    <textarea name="text_xmlInput"></textarea>
    
    <input type="hidden" name="element" value="OPTIONAL"/>
    <input type="hidden" name="dateOption" value="OPTIONAL"/>
    <input type="hidden" name="userDate" value="OPTIONAL"/>
    <input type="hidden" name="outFormat" value="OPTIONAL"/>        
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Quick Tool Launch"/>
  </form>

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Analyze This (TAPoRware Date Finder (XML))

Parameters

XML source(text source)

Parameter Name

xmlInput

Type

Text Source Expectation

url

Help Text

Any well-formed xml string.

Text in element(text box)

Parameter Name

element

Type

Required

false

Default

Example

Help Text

Valid xml element name in the current xml string

Date option(dropdown)

Parameter Name

dateOption

Type

Required

false

Help Text

Defines which dates the tool should extract. Fields: All dates: Extract all possible dates from the source text. Years: Extract years from the source text. Months: Extract months from the source text. Seasons: Extract seasons from the source text. North American holidays (national and statutory): Extract North American holidays from the source text. User date: User-defined dates may include months, years, weeks, seasons or holidays.

List Items

Label	Value
All dates	all(default value)
Years only	year
Months only	month
Weeks only	week
Seasons only	season
North American official holidays	holiday
User dates	user

User dates(text box)

Parameter Name

userDate

Type

Required

false

Default

Example

Help Text

Name of month, year, week, season or holiday.

Display as(dropdown)

Parameter Name

outFormat

Type

Required

false

Help Text

Current, only HTML format is supported.

List Items

Label	Value
HTML	html(default value)
Tab delimited text	tab