Thursday, February 19, 2009

Meteo widget updated

As predicted just a few days ago, it didn't take that long before the meteo widget stumbled once again over the structure of the new version of the BDB website.
The problems stem from the fact that the weather forecast is displayed in an "html table" that is apparently getting manually updated so suddenly new rows appear while others disappear. This means we have to seek for some form of structure, especially for the possible derogations to the structure, so that an automated process can be successful in converting this unstructured data into a fixed xml format.
This is a process of trial and error. The result of this self-learning process is that after each failure, the application will become a little smarter and therefore more stable.

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