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Jepa - Java Europarl API version 1.1 - April 2011
Features:
- retrieves MEPs personal info (both in archives and current term)
- retrieves some MEPs activities: debates, declarations, motions,
questions reports, and the associated document references.
- retrieves MEPs positions (committes, delegations and higher EP bodies)
- can process all 22 languages used on the Europarl website
- static text of the Europarl website externalized in xml files, easily editable
- correction system for approximate spelling (also in xml files)
- list of all MEPs ids by term
- dates of the terms (also externalized in xml files)
- automatic log
To do list:
+ retrieve the specific id for opinions
+ give a unified view of a legislative procedure, grouping all
related reports, debates, minutes, adopted texts, etc.
+ retrieve the documents ignored in v1 (amongst others those
at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb/search/advanced.htm?language=EN
and http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/archives/agenda.do?language=EN).
+ retrieve data describing other agents of the EP, such as
assistants (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/assistantAlphaOrder.do?language=EN),
secretaries (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/expert/staticDisplay.do?language=EN&id=54&pageRank=2),
liaison personel (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/expert/staticDisplay.do?language=EN&id=98),
lobbyists (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/expert/lobbyAlphaOrderByOrg.do?language=EN)...
+ complete the API to process the websites of other EU institutions, cf.
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb/information/publicInfo.htm?language=EN
and http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb/links/home.htm?language=EN