1. Tweet Marked up in XML
This tweet was fetched from the Twitter Search API using a PHP script. We searched
for Tweets with a geographic boundary of twenty-five kilometers around a point in
Tripoli. The script returned JSON formatted results, which we then converted to XML. In
contrast to the eight Tweet fields captured in the HyperCities Egypt dataset, the Tweet
marked up below shows almost all of the fields that can be captured.1
<status>
1. <created_at>Tue May 31 03:57:36 +0000 2011</created_at>
<id>75410574627971073</id>
<text>New #NATO strikes as Kadhafi says 'ready' for ceasefire - France24
http://f24.my/jX4XAL</text>*
<source><a href="http://www.memesift.com" rel="nofollow">memesift</a></source>
<truncated>false</truncated>
<favorited>false</favorited>
<in_reply_to_status_id/><in_reply_to_user_id/>
<in_reply_to_screen_name/><retweet_count>0</retweet_count>
<retweeted>false</retweeted>
2. <user>
<id>236089495</id>
<name>Defence World</name>
<screen_name>DefenceWorld</screen_name>
<location>UK</location>
<description>The latest news on conflicts around the world, terrorism, foreign policy and the
defence industry. Curated from global news sources.</description>
<profile_image_url>http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/1344393549/radar_normal.jp
g</profile_image_url>
<url>http://paper.li/DefenceWorld/paper</url>
<protected>false</protected>
<followers_count>432</followers_count>
<profile_background_color>131516</profile_background_color>
<profile_text_color>333333</profile_text_color>
<profile_link_color>009999</profile_link_color>
<profile_sidebar_fill_color>efefef</profile_sidebar_fill_color>
<profile_sidebar_border_color>eeeeee</profile_sidebar_border_color>
<friends_count>412</friends_count>
<created_at>Sun Jan 09 19:45:46 +0000 2011</created_at>
1
To view the script we used, download the following file:
http://search.twitter.com/search.json?show_user=true&rpp=10&lang=en&geocode=32.85
,13.21,25.0km

2. <favourites_count>0</favourites_count>
<utc_offset/><time_zone/>
<profile_background_image_url>http://a1.twimg.com/images/themes/theme14/bg.gif</pr
ofile_background_image_url>
<profile_background_tile>true</profile_background_tile>
<profile_use_background_image>true</profile_use_background_image
<notifications/>
<geo_enabled>true</geo_enabled>
<verified>false</verified>
<following/><statuses_count>7349</statuses_count>
<lang>en</lang>
<contributors_enabled>false</contributors_enabled>
<follow_request_sent/><listed_count>24</listed_count>
<show_all_inline_media>false</show_all_inline_media>
<default_profile>false</default_profile>
<default_profile_image>false</default_profile_image>
<is_translator>false</is_translator>
</user>
3. <geo>
<georss:point>32.90219879 13.18579960</georss:point>
</geo>
<coordinates><georss:point>32.90219879 13.18579960</georss:point></coordinates>
<place/>
<contributors/>
4. <entities><user_mentions/>
<urls>
<url end="87" start="67">
<url>http://f24.my/jX4XAL</url>
<expanded_url/>
</url>
</urls>
<hashtags>
<hashtag end="9" start="4">
<text>NATO</text>
</hashtag>
</hashtags>
</entities>
</status>
*Shortened URL within tweet text still renders - http://www.france24.com/en/20110531-new-nato-
strikes-kadhafi-says-ready-ceasefire