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We propose a new web information extraction system, PIES, to convert web information into XML documents. PIES uses a user-specified ontology and HTML tag pattern descriptions. The ontology validates the web information the pattern descriptions extract. We designed a new language to describe HTML tag patterns and extraction rules. We implemented PIES and applied it to the US patent web site for evaluation.
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Park, BK., Han, H., Song, IY. (2005). PIES: A Web Information Extraction System Using Ontology and Tag Patterns. In: Fan, W., Wu, Z., Yang, J. (eds) Advances in Web-Age Information Management. WAIM 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3739. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11563952_65
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