Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of CreditStats

Timestamp:

May 3, 2007, 11:29:32 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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CreditStats

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 = Credit statistics web sites and services =
 
-'''Statistics data''' is the number of [CreditSystem Cobblestones] (credit units) granted to hosts, participants and teams by the various BOINC projects. This can be used for various purposes, such as:
+'''Statistics data''' is the number of [CreditSystem credit units] granted to hosts, participants and teams by the various BOINC projects. This can be used for various purposes, such as:
  * Web sites that show statistics and leaderboards for one or more BOINC projects. Examples are listed at [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/stats_sites.php here].
  * Dynamically-generated images (typically used as message-board signatures) that show user and/or team credit, possible across projects. Examples are listed at [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/stats_sites.php here].
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-== Project-specific data ==
+== Getting data from projects ==
 Each BOINC project provides data in two forms:
 
  * As [XmlStats a set of downloadable files] (in a compressed XML format) that contain the project's complete current statistics. These files are typically updated once every 24 hours.
  * As [WebRpc a set of Web RPCs] that return an XML-format description of a given participant's credit, based on that participant's database ID.
+
 
 Applications should access these data sources as infrequently as possible, to avoid imposing unnecessary load on project servers. For example, a Web RPCs to get a particular participant's data should made at most once per hour.
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  * As [StatsXml#WebRPCs a set of Web RPCs] that return an XML-format description of a given participant or host's credit, based on the cross-project ID. Example: !http://boinc.netsoft-online.com/get_host.php?cpid=???? and !http://boinc.netsoft-online.com/get_host_tot.php?cpid=????
 
-Application developers are encouraged to concentrate on aggregate rather than per-project data. This will encourage participants to join multiple projects, and will make it possible for new projects to quickly get many participants.
+Application developers are encouraged to concentrate on aggregate rather than per-project data. This will encourage participants to join multiple projects.
+
+== Code examples ==
+
+Developing a system that collects, analyzes, and stores credit data from all BOINC projects is a large development task.
+The code for [http://boinc.netsoft-online.com/ BOINC Combined Stats], a web site/service that provides per-project and aggregate data, can be downloaded via Subversion from
+{{{
+http://boinc.berkeley.edu/svn/trunk/boinc_stats
+}}}