Although a lot of raw data is available in CSV, JSON, XML, and other “standard” formats
computer science
Description
Motivation for Assignment
Although a lot of raw data is available in CSV, JSON, XML, and other “standard” formats, an awful lot of published data resides within webpages, embedded within HTML markup (usually within tags, but not always). Developing strategies and techniques for extracting usable data from raw HTML is an important skill, and this assignment is designed to expose you to the techniques which must be mastered and applied when working with “web data”.
You are to study the following Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoiseach, paying
particular attention to the two tables – near the bottom of the page - called “President of the
Executive Council” and “Taoiseach”. The data from both tables are to be scraped.
