Oliver Chang (Work Log)

Current Primary Project: Reproducible Patent Data

Day-by-Day (in reverse chronological order)

June 13: spot check SQL tables; fix broken final case endlessly looping; investigate smarter insert methods
June 12: add XML printer, use it to inspect applications; extend BaseScraper to fetch patent application data; add applications documentation to my project page; add CREATE of other tables
June 8: add foreign key inserts; create pretty printer for XML analysis
June 7: finalize DB abstraction layer; migrate code to bulk inserts; upgrade webserver software and do optimization on RDP postgres with Ed
June 6: add jdbc; create basic schema; add db interaction; schedule meeting for later in the week
June 5: look into postgresql; refersh on postgis; add some notes to the Enclosing Circle Algorithm page
June 1: add RDP git remote; add more documentation to wiki page; refactor downloader scripts; start creation of tooling for interacting with data

May 31: finish copy-pasting attributes into the wiki page; retroactively fill out work log; meet with Ed to discuss next steps
May 30: update documentation on wiki, restructure large binary files to have more hierarchy instead of a flat listing at the root
May 29: expand to APS; expand to raw assignment data
May 27: expand to maintenance fee data
May 26: create models, translate xmlparser*.pl file into Java; start using builder pattern
May 25: sketch out OO design of project; download bulk data
May 24: move wiki pages around; start git repository for project
May 21: discuss technical details of previous work with Ed
May 8: cleanup dead links on wiki and start reading about previous work; discuss current project status with Ed
May 4: setup wiki account, rdp account, database training