WBS form from RDF via python, XSLT, GRDDL... WSDL?

Dom,

In preparation for a WG ftf meeting, I wanted to use WBS
to get each WG member's position on each issue in our
issues list:

  Issues List: RDF Data Access Working Group
  http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/issues

I couldn't bear the thought of doing it by hand, so I GRDDL'd
the page with
  http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/grokIssues.xsl
  v 1.1 2005/01/14 14:49:02

Then I wrote a little python ditty (167 lines incl. comments):
  http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/pollIssues.py
   v 1.3 2005/01/14 21:23:07

using redland and python's urllib2 to add a question
per issue and a choice per proposal.

I invoked it ala:

$ python pollIssues.py 35463 issues-ftf4 issues-formal.rdf \
   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/issues#thisGroup \
   connolly _PASSWD_ 2>,diag

and it fleshed out the survey. Tada! It was fun!

But I did see a few more opportunities for automation...

    # hmm... WSDL tools should give me this code for free, no?
    def addStrawPoll(self, quid, shortdesc, text, comment=0, rationale=0):


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Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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