WEB-FOSS-AT - Selective Scraping for Austrian Official Statistics

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The project at Statistics Austria focuses on developing and implementing open-source tools for selective or statistical web scraping, a method that uses web data directly linkable to statistical units. A key component of this approach is automating the search process, enabling efficient data collection directly from internet sources based on predefined criteria. This automated search function helps to streamline data collection. The development of the methodology involved and the open-source tools allowing for a scalable and sustainable approach to data collection at Statistics Austria.