Intel® Mash Maker with SearchMonkey

Intel® Mash Maker is a beta application developed by Intel for creating "mashups" or combinations of data from multiple sources into a single tool for use in distinctive web services. This combination of various raw data sources "mashed" together can produce results that were not originally intended for that specific data and can be used to create new and interesting enhanced web search result presentations. Click here to find out more information on mashups and Mash Maker.

Intel Mash Maker

The following instructions will help you install Mash Maker on your system and use it with SearchMonkey.

	Note
	Yahoo!® and Yahoo! SearchMonkey only suggest this as one of many "mash up" tools that you can use with SearchMonkey.

Installing Mash Maker

Step 1. Click on http://mashmaker.intel.com/web/download.html to get Intel Mash Maker for your system. Please read all the instructions to download the application.

Step 2. Enter a valid email address and download the appropriate Mash Maker for your system.

Step 3. Check your email and retrieve your login and password.

Step 4. In Firefox, enter the login here: Tools-> Add-ons ->Enable -> Mash Maker, and enter your login and password. Restart Firefox.

	Note
	In order for Mash Maker to work with SearchMonkey, YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN.

	Note
	Mozilla Firefox™ is used in this installation and setup. See the Mash Maker download page for supported browser types.

Using Mash Maker

Step 1. Open the web page from which you want to extract data.

Step 2. Click the Mash Maker toolbar icon.

Step 3. In the Extractor tab, click Pick from Page and then select an element on the page to extract.

Step 4. Select Property of the whole page then click Add.

Step 5. Type in a name.

Step 6. Click Publish to save this set of extractions.

	Note
	You must publish all changes for Mash Maker to work properly with SearchMonkey.

Step 7. Type in a name for your extraction a name.

Step 8. Click Types; select the type of page, the click Select.

Step 9. Click Publish to save your work.

Step 10. Return to Step 1. and grab some other elements off of the page.

Step 11. When you've extracted all the elements that you want… click the monkey .

Reviewing your Extraction

Step 1. After you have clicked Publish, Mash Maker will display your extracted data in an XSLT file. You can click on the link or highlight all the content in the window and copy it to your clipboard.

	Note
	Since we are using a beta application some links and commands from Mash Maker may not work. Please use the workaround provided. Contact Intel for any corrections to this program.

Step 2. In a new window, open the Yahoo! SearchMonkey application dashboard at http://developer.yahoo.com/searchmonkey/

Step 3. Click Build an App.

Step 4. Scroll down and create a new Custom Data Service

Step 5. Enter the appropriate information in the requested fields.

Step 6. Paste the Mash Maker code you extracted into the box in the middle of the Data Extraction page.

Step 7. Scroll down the page and check to see if it you XSLT extraction worked. Assuming you have the proper URLs in the dashboard, the little preview window should contain a list of your extracted properties.

Figure 1.3. You are Done!

Now, that you have a Custom Data Service, you have to start thinking about organizing all that data into a Presentation Application!

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