HELP! meta.xml extraction to MySQL

[strikebo]

Hey,

I'm currently stuck in a situation that involves extraction of this meta-information (author, date, filename etc.) from Open Office documents.

Will be running a LAMP setup and using mod_dav for file management on the server. I would like to save this meta-information (from meta.xml) into MySQL when the document is saved onto the server. This meta-information would be used for indexing for a web-based "Search" so files can be located easier.

I have been looking for solutions (code/guides) all over the net for doing this but have not yet found one yet. I have only just arrived to the Linux/Opensource scene, so forgive my lack of knowledge.

Any help would be appreciated! Cheers


Phil

[ccburns]

Hi strikebo,

Got your PM and returned one to you. Send me your email address and we can correspond that way.

The article looked very good, didn't really have a lot of time to read through it all
but there were some links at the bottom of the article.

http://xml.openoffice.org
http://ez.no
http://zev.ez.no/svn/extensions/
http://phpdocwriter.sourceforge.net/
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees..._abbrev=office

Have not taken a look at any of these links though.

I would take a at those as well as a few classes that parse XML documents. That should make it easier for you to index/search the documents on your file system.

As I said send me an email and contact you with more information.

Kind Regards,
Colin