Bachelor's Thesis Markus Ehringer
Enrichment of contact data using information from public APIs
Anreichern von Kontakdaten durch Informationen von öffentlichen APIs
Contact lists are rarely as complete and/or up-to-date as desired. However, many use cases do exactly require these two characteristics. Therefore, contacts need to be enriched with additional data. Social media/network websites are predestined data resources because of their huge number of users. This work conducts an analysis of possible sources and their APIs. Data from those websites is usually neither flawless nor completely up-to-date. Creating appropriate metrics and a system to merge multiple data sources into one contact is essential. A main part of this work is the implementation of a modular prototype which allows to easily add new data resources. The more sources the more data. Despite the 'garbage in, garbage out'-principle, more data can be beneficial in determining its correctness. Additionally, an effective synchronization approach to keep the data up-to-date is introduced.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Title (de) | Anreichern von Kontakdaten durch Informationen von öffentlichen APIs |
| Title (en) | Enrichment of contact data using information from public APIs |
| Project | |
| Type | Bachelor's Thesis |
| Status | completed |
| Student | Markus Ehringer |
| Advisor | Patrick Holl |
| Supervisor | Prof. Dr. Florian Matthes |
| Start Date | 15.12.2017 |
| Sebis Contributor Agreement signed on | 12.12.2017 |
| Checklist filled | Yes |
| Submission date | 15.03.2018 |