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@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ information so that the information will appear structured in the
 expensive.
 
 The program is built so that a programmer can easily add fields or categories
-to the data to make it flexible for changes. 
+to the application to reduce programming costs and complex modifications.
 
 \section{Why RSS/Atom}
 Information from venues comes in various different format with for each format
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ data are static and mainly only usable by computer science experts. There is a
 great need of data mining in non structured data because the data within
 companies and on the internet is piling up and are usually left to catch dust.
 
-The project is a continuation of the past project done by Roelofs et
-al.\cite{Roelofs2009}. The techniques described by Roelofs et al. are more
-focussed on extracting data from websites and/or already isolated data so it
-can be an addition to the current project.
+The project is a side project of the past project done by Roelofs et
+al.\cite{Roelofs2009}. Roelofs et al. describes a technique to recognize date
+strings using an adapted Levensteins algorithm. This technique can be fitted in
+the current project because it works on a low level and the technique we
+describe works on a high level. The algorithm only works on already isolated
+data.