Product Overview
Linktank is a subscription-based platform providing a searchable index of events relevant to the policy, advocacy, and research communities. The platform focuses on efficient event discovery and aims to streamline the process of curating event information for newsletters and other communications.
Business Objectives
Establish Linktank as a reliable and easy-to-use source for policy-relevant events. Generate revenue through a subscription model. Facilitate the dissemination of event information through curated newsletters. Target Audience
Policy Professionals: Researchers, analysts, consultants, and government officials. Advocates: Individuals and organizations working on policy issues. Students and Academics: Those interested in the policy community. General Public: Individuals with an interest in policy and current events. Key Features
Develop a system to scrape event data from potentially thousands of organization websites. AI Integration (Potential): Explore the use of AI to: Identify event-related information on diverse website structures Standardize extracted data into a consistent format Potentially categorize events based on content analysis Searchable Index of Events: Robust search functionality (keywords, topics, organizations). Paginated display of search results. Detailed event pages (title, date, location, description, speakers). API for extracting event data from JSON files into the database. Automated checking for duplicate events with overwrite functionality. Database tables for events, speakers, organizations, and users. API for selecting events and exporting them in HTML/CSS format for newsletters. Simple user registration and login. Subscription management (trial, paid, cancellation) via Stripe integration. Basic user management (access control). Billing management through Stripe. Database administration tools. Technology Approach
Prioritize low-code solutions and frameworks to accelerate development. Leverage existing libraries for search, pagination, and user authentication. Utilize Stripe for seamless payment processing and subscription management. Design the scraping system to handle a large number of websites efficiently. Research and evaluate AI tools and libraries for NLP and web scraping. User Stories
Easily search for and find relevant events. View event details in a clear and organized manner. Subscribe to the platform and manage my subscription. Efficiently import event data from JSON files. Manage user accounts and subscriptions. Handle billing and payments. Have basic control over the database. Easily add new organizations to the scraping system. Monitor the scraping process and identify any potential issues. Select events for sending in an email newsletter. Future Iterations (Out of Scope for this Version)
