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TAPoRware 2.0 (2007/05/01)

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Developed by: Geoffrey Rockwell, Lian Yan, Andrew Macdonald and Matt Patey, TAPoR Project McMaster University
License: Free&Closed source
Web page : Tool homepage
Tool type : Web application

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The last edition of this page was on: 2014/03/18

The Completion level of this page is : Low


SHORT DESCRIPTION

TAPoRware is a set of text analysis tools that enables users to perform text analysis on HTML, XML and plain text files, using documents from the users' machine or on the web.

There are five families of tools: for HTML, XML, Text, Other and Beta. A list is included below in the free text section.


TOOL CHARACTERISTICS

Usability

Authors of this page consider that this tool is rather easy to use.

Tool orientation

This tool is designed for general purpose analysis.

Data mining type

This tool is made for Text mining.

Manipulation type

This tool is designed for Data extraction, Data analysis, Data visualisation, Data conversion.

IMPORT FORMAT : HTML, TXT, XML

EXPORT FORMAT : CSV, HTML, TXT, XML


Tool objective(s) in the field of Learning Sciences

Analysis & Visualisation of data
Predicting student performance
Student modelling
Social Network Analysis (SNA)
Constructing courseware

Providing feedback for supporting instructors:
Recommendations for students
Grouping students:
Developing concept maps:
Planning/scheduling/monitoring
Experimentation/observation

Tool can perform:

  • Data extraction of type: Screen scraping
  • Transformation of type:
  • Data analysis of type: Data mining methods and algorithms
  • Data visualisation of type: Sequential Graphic, Chart/Diagram (These visualisations can be interactive and updated in "real time")



ABOUT USERS

Tool is suitable for:

Students/Learners/Consumers
Teachers/Tutors/Managers
Researchers
Developers/Designers
Organisations/Institutions/Firms
Others

Required skills:

STATISTICS: Basic

PROGRAMMING: N/A

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION: N/A

DATA MINING MODELS: Basic



FREE TEXT


Tool version : TAPoRware 2.0 2007/05/01
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Developed by : Geoffrey Rockwell, Lian Yan, Andrew Macdonald and Matt Patey, TAPoR Project McMaster University
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Tool Web page : http://taporware.ualberta.ca/
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Tool type : Web application
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Free&Closed source

TAPoRware Text Analysis Tools-2014-03-18.png

SHORT DESCRIPTION


TAPoRware is a set of text analysis tools that enables users to perform text analysis on HTML, XML and plain text files, using documents from the users' machine or on the web.

There are five families of tools: for HTML, XML, Text, Other and Beta. A list is included below in the free text section.

TOOL CHARACTERISTICS


Tool orientation Data mining type Usability
This tool is designed for general purpose analysis. This tool is designed for Text mining. Authors of this page consider that this tool is rather easy to use.
Data import format Data export format
HTML, TXT, XML. CSV, HTML, TXT, XML.
Tool objective(s) in the field of Learning Sciences

☑ Analysis & Visualisation of data
☑ Predicting student performance
☑ Student modelling
☑ Social Network Analysis (SNA)
☑ Constructing courseware

☑ Providing feedback for supporting instructors:
☑ Recommendations for students
☑ Grouping students:
☑ Developing concept maps:
☑ Planning/scheduling/monitoring
Experimentation/observation


Can perform data extraction of type:
Screen scraping


Can perform data transformation of type:


Can perform data analysis of type:
Data mining methods and algorithms


Can perform data visualisation of type:
Sequential Graphic, Chart/Diagram (These visualisations can be interactive and updated in "real time")


ABOUT USER


Tool is suitable for:
Students/Learners/Consumers:☑ Teachers/Tutors/Managers:☑ Researchers:☑ Organisations/Institutions/Firms:☑ Others:☑
Required skills:
Statistics: BASIC Programming: System administration: Data mining models: BASIC

OTHER TOOL INFORMATION


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TAPoRware
Free&Closed source
Geoffrey Rockwell, Lian Yan, Andrew Macdonald and Matt Patey, TAPoR Project McMaster University
2007/05/01
2.0
http://taporware.ualberta.ca/
TAPoRware is a set of text analysis tools that enables users to perform text analysis on HTML, XML and plain text files, using documents from the users' machine or on the web.

There are five families of tools: for HTML, XML, Text, Other and Beta. A list is included below in the free text section.

General analysis
Students/Learners/Consumers, Researchers
Basic
N/A
N/A
Basic
Web application
Screen scraping
Text mining
Data extraction, Data analysis, Data visualisation, Data conversion
Data mining methods and algorithms
HTML, TXT, XML
CSV, HTML, TXT, XML
Sequential Graphic, Chart/Diagram
rather easy to use
Low

Tips

Problem
Submitting an EduTechWiki page did not work.
Workaround: (1) Display the HTML Print version. (2) Save it, (3) Import this file in taporware
Text cleaning
Taporware does have many analysis tool. In addition it also is useful for preparring data for other tools: Text from HTML, Text from XML, Web page cleaner.
See also the the list of text cleaning tools at Tapor

List of tools

HTML Tools
  • List words
  • List HTML tags
  • Extract text
  • Concordance
  • Co-occurrence
  • Collocation
  • Tokenize
  • Fixed phrase
  • Date finder
  • Summarizer
  • Distribution
  • Comparator
  • Link Extractor
XML Tools
  • List XML elements
  • Extract from XML
  • List words
  • Concordance
  • Co-occurrence
  • Collocation
  • Tokenize
  • Distribution
  • Fixed phrase
  • Hypergraph
  • Date finder
  • Summarizer
  • Comparator
  • Transformer
  • Text Tools:
  • List Words
  • Concordance
  • Co-occurrence
  • Collocation
  • Tokenize
  • Fixed Phrase
  • Date Finder
  • Summarizer
  • Comparator
  • Distribution
  • Speech Tagger
Other
  • Aggregator
  • Raining Words
  • Raw Grep
  • Tagger
  • Weighted Centroid
Beta Tools
  • List Word Pairs
  • Principal Components Analysis
  • Word Cloud
  • Get TEI Meta Data
  • Tool Bar
  • HTML Text Extractor
  • Acronym Finder
  • Word Brush
  • CAPs Finder
  • Keywords Finder
  • Compare with Control
  • Web Page Cleaner