Clean scraping API
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ok, topfs2. I'm determined to do a scraper, and I'm determined to do it right.

i'm stuck on an easy concept. Basically, https://github.com/garbear/heimdall/comm...0e1f#L2R20 . I've defined the platform predicate in two namespaces and I use Heimdall for the conversion. I assume this translation part is an appropriate use of Heimdall (stop me now if it's an abuse...)

What concerns me more is, should I be using two virtually identical predicates? TheGamesDB, MobyGames, and other sites aren't 1:1 mappings, so they're not exactly identical in all situations (differing platform names for one, and e.g. multiple atari systems can be grouped under a single one on a different site). However, even though the objects could share an owlConfusedameAs edge, they have distinct IDs and are useless across different scrapers.

How can I represent all platforms, including collections of platforms (like the atari groups mentions above) using a single predicate? Or am I correct in that I'm thinking about this the wrong way, and that multiple predicates are the right way to do things?

Thanks for your insight topfs2!
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Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2012-06-14, 19:33
RE: Clean scraping API - by olympia - 2012-06-14, 22:38
RE: Clean scraping API - by DonJ - 2012-06-15, 01:36
RE: Clean scraping API - by da-anda - 2012-06-15, 10:27
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2012-06-16, 11:30
RE: Clean scraping API - by da-anda - 2012-06-18, 22:19
RE: Clean scraping API - by DonJ - 2012-06-27, 12:59
RE: Clean scraping API - by lboregard - 2012-07-01, 04:57
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2012-07-04, 10:34
RE: Clean scraping API - by lboregard - 2012-07-04, 12:09
RE: Clean scraping API - by olympia - 2012-06-16, 12:02
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2012-06-16, 17:05
RE: Clean scraping API - by Maxoo - 2012-06-17, 01:19
RE: Clean scraping API - by RockerC - 2012-06-20, 15:38
RE: Clean scraping API - by NEOhidra - 2012-06-19, 16:25
RE: Clean scraping API - by solidsatras - 2012-06-20, 09:40
RE: Clean scraping API - by Hitcher - 2012-06-20, 10:08
RE: Clean scraping API - by Martijn - 2012-06-20, 10:16
RE: Clean scraping API - by Montellese - 2012-06-20, 10:13
Re: Clean scraping API - by Martijn - 2012-06-20, 16:34
RE: Clean scraping API - by Martijn - 2012-06-20, 21:04
RE: Clean scraping API - by jmarshall - 2012-06-20, 23:46
RE: Clean scraping API - by solidsatras - 2012-06-30, 16:09
RE: Clean scraping API - by Thorbear - 2012-06-30, 13:53
RE: Clean scraping API - by TheAstronaut - 2012-07-02, 16:39
RE: Clean scraping API - by spiff - 2012-07-03, 18:53
RE: Clean scraping API - by TheAstronaut - 2012-07-03, 21:03
RE: Clean scraping API - by Martijn - 2012-07-04, 11:37
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2012-07-07, 12:43
RE: Clean scraping API - by kimp93 - 2012-08-22, 03:28
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2012-08-22, 11:37
RE: Clean scraping API - by aptalca - 2012-07-24, 21:37
RE: Clean scraping API - by kimp93 - 2012-08-23, 05:26
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2012-08-23, 11:53
RE: Clean scraping API - by malte - 2013-03-03, 10:10
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2013-03-06, 09:19
RE: Clean scraping API - by garbear - 2013-03-06, 08:09
RE: Clean scraping API - by garbear - 2013-03-06, 10:11
RE: Clean scraping API - by malte - 2013-03-06, 18:01
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2013-03-11, 15:11
RE: Clean scraping API - by garbear - 2013-03-30, 16:09
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2013-03-31, 20:00
RE: Clean scraping API - by garbear - 2013-04-01, 07:35
RE: Clean scraping API - by malte - 2013-04-02, 14:25
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2013-04-02, 15:03
RE: Clean scraping API - by garbear - 2013-04-02, 16:56
RE: Clean scraping API - by N3MIS15 - 2013-04-03, 07:12
RE: Clean scraping API - by garbear - 2013-04-03, 11:27
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2013-04-04, 08:59
RE: Clean scraping API - by malte - 2013-04-03, 12:56
RE: Clean scraping API - by garbear - 2013-04-04, 08:38
RE: Clean scraping API - by natethomas - 2013-04-04, 10:23
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2013-04-04, 10:56
RE: Clean scraping API - by natethomas - 2013-04-05, 09:58
RE: Clean scraping API - by da-anda - 2013-04-05, 11:25
RE: Clean scraping API - by Bstrdsmkr - 2013-04-05, 16:05
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2013-04-05, 12:27
RE: Clean scraping API - by garbear - 2013-04-05, 16:27
RE: Clean scraping API - by jmarshall - 2013-04-06, 07:36
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2013-04-10, 08:38
RE: Clean scraping API - by natethomas - 2013-04-10, 09:28
RE: Clean scraping API - by garbear - 2013-04-10, 09:42
RE: Clean scraping API - by N3MIS15 - 2013-04-10, 10:40
RE: Clean scraping API - by garbear - 2013-04-10, 09:34
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2013-04-10, 13:29
RE: Clean scraping API - by garbear - 2013-04-10, 13:43
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2013-04-10, 13:58
RE: Clean scraping API - by jmarshall - 2013-04-10, 10:05
RE: Clean scraping API - by garbear - 2013-04-10, 12:08
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2013-04-11, 11:07
RE: Clean scraping API - by N3MIS15 - 2013-04-11, 11:32
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2013-04-11, 11:42
RE: Clean scraping API - by jmarshall - 2013-04-11, 09:00
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2013-04-11, 11:04
RE: Clean scraping API - by garbear - 2013-04-11, 12:05
Re: Clean scraping API - by queeup - 2013-04-11, 16:58
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2013-04-11, 18:04
Re: Clean scraping API - by queeup - 2013-04-11, 19:44
RE: Clean scraping API - by garbear - 2013-04-11, 21:41
Re: Clean scraping API - by queeup - 2013-04-11, 22:05
RE: Clean scraping API - by garbear - 2013-04-11, 22:51
RE: Clean scraping API - by topfs2 - 2013-04-17, 10:50
RE: Clean scraping API - by garbear - 2013-05-09, 23:05
RE: Clean scraping API - by TheMonkeyKing - 2013-10-18, 22:31
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