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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
  
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