Room bookings from LSF¶
See also
Module tutorplanner.input.lsf_parser
At the TU Berlin, there is a system called LSF (Lehre, Studium, Forschung) that contains the course catalog and the room bookings of a course. The course owners can export the bookings in an XML format. The bookings might be in multiple files.
Parsing details¶
An excerpt of a LSF XML file looks like:
<Terms>
<TerID>123456</TerID>
<TerBeginn>10:00</TerBeginn>
<TerEnde>12:00</TerEnde>
<TerBeginDat>18.10.2016</TerBeginDat>
<TerEndeDat>18.10.2016</TerEndeDat>
<TerRhyth>Einzel</TerRhyth>
<VerID>23456</VerID>
<MaxTeil />
<TerRaumID>1907</TerRaumID>
<TermBemerkung />
<WoTag>Di</WoTag>
<k_wochentag.wochentagid>2</k_wochentag.wochentagid>
<k_wochentag.sort>2</k_wochentag.sort>
<Rooms>
<RaumBez>MAR 4.062</RaumBez>
</Rooms>
</Terms>
Although it is named <Terms>
, the tag contains a single event. The same applies to <Rooms>
.
As you can see, the language of the XML file is a mix of German and English with many abbreviations.
The fields we use are:
TerBeginn
: start timeTerEnde
: end timeTerBeginDat
: start dateTerEndeDat
: end dateTerRhyth
: rhythm/frequency of the event:Einzel
: single eventwöchentl
: weekly event14tägl
: biweekly eventBlock
: day period
WoTag
: weekdayMo
,Di
,Mi
,Do
,Fr
,Sa
,So
for Monday to Sunday
RaumBez
: room name
We expect the weekday to be set for weekly and biweekly events.
Note
You should never write the LSF files by hand. Instead, use the CSV format directly.