List of Tools

SEAL

• URL: http://tools.libresoft.es/seal
• Author: Gregorio Robles <grex at gsyc.escet.urjc.es>, Roberto Andradas Izquierdo <andradas at gsyc.escet.urjc.es>
• Description: SEAL is a tool for identify persons in a mailing list conserving their privacy.
• Technologies: Python, MySQL.
• Execution mode:
  • Export data about a mailing list from MailingListStat database:
    • i.e : python xx2xml.py > data.xml (xx2xml.py is a python script which must be configured in order to connect to the MLS database).
  • Run SEAL:
    • i.e: python seal-feed.py data.xml
• Input data: XML file with names and email addresses associated with these names. Is generated by xx2xml.py script.
• Output data: A database with the information of the identities of each person.
• Technology limitation:
  • SEAL has to recalculate all matches (relationed identities) each time new identities are introduced from a XML file (although this task is not slow).
  • Not fault tolerat. SEAL cannot resume its work when the system down unannounced. Is needed to run SEAL from the beginning for all mailing lists.
  • Unreadable code.
• Maturity: alpha.
• Dependencies: python, mysql.
• Documentation:
  • https://svn.forge.morfeo-project.org/svn/libresoft-tools/seal/trunk/README
  • libresoft-tools-devel
• License: GNU General Public License (GPL).
• Metrics:
  • Information of the identities of each person who participate in a mailing list.