FASTNEWS: SELECTIVE CLIPPING OF WEB INFORMATION

Rodrigo Branco Kickhöfel, Gilnei Barroco Farias, Stanley Loh

2004

Abstract

This work presents a software system for selective clipping of web information. The system allows users to register queries, expressing their information needs, and monitors information sources (Web sites), in order to find new information and to push it to the users. The difference from traditional Web clipping systems is that FastNews only retrieves information relevant to the user’s need, that is, it has an intelligent engine that extracts only information parts according to the interest of the user. Currently, the system allows watching news, currency conversion and weather forecasting. An additional functionality is to allow users to enter an URL (Web site) to monitor, against the traditional use of predefined sources.

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Branco Kickhöfel R., Barroco Farias G. and Loh S. (2004). FASTNEWS: SELECTIVE CLIPPING OF WEB INFORMATION . In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS, ISBN 972-8865-00-7, pages 451-454. DOI: 10.5220/0002655404510454


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis04,
author={Rodrigo Branco Kickhöfel and Gilnei Barroco Farias and Stanley Loh},
title={FASTNEWS: SELECTIVE CLIPPING OF WEB INFORMATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,},
year={2004},
pages={451-454},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002655404510454},
isbn={972-8865-00-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,
TI - FASTNEWS: SELECTIVE CLIPPING OF WEB INFORMATION
SN - 972-8865-00-7
AU - Branco Kickhöfel R.
AU - Barroco Farias G.
AU - Loh S.
PY - 2004
SP - 451
EP - 454
DO - 10.5220/0002655404510454