An R package to analyze the parliamentary records of the 19th legislative period of the Bundestag, the German parliament.
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  1. # for usage see the example at the end
  2. #' Parse xml records
  3. #'
  4. #' Creates a list of tibbles containing relevant information from all records
  5. #' stored in the input directory.
  6. #'
  7. #' @param path character
  8. #'
  9. #' @export
  10. read_all <- function(path="records/") {
  11. cat("Reading all records from", path, "\n")
  12. available_protocols <- list.files(path)
  13. res <- pblapply(available_protocols, read_one, path=path)
  14. lapply(res, `[[`, "redner") %>%
  15. bind_rows() %>%
  16. distinct() ->
  17. redner
  18. lapply(res, `[[`, "reden") %>%
  19. bind_rows() %>%
  20. distinct() ->
  21. reden
  22. lapply(res, `[[`, "talks") %>%
  23. bind_rows() %>%
  24. distinct() ->
  25. talks
  26. if (length(available_protocols) == 0)
  27. warning("The given directory is empty or does not exist.")
  28. list(redner = redner, reden = reden, talks = talks)
  29. }
  30. # this reads all currently parseable data from one xml
  31. read_one <- function(name, path) {
  32. x <- tryCatch(read_xml(paste0(path, name)),
  33. error = function(c) NULL)
  34. if (is.null(x)) return(NULL)
  35. cs <- xml_children(x)
  36. verlauf <- xml_find_first(x, "sitzungsverlauf")
  37. rednerl <- xml_find_first(x, "rednerliste")
  38. xml_children(rednerl) %>%
  39. parse_rednerliste() ->
  40. redner
  41. xml_children(verlauf) %>%
  42. xml_find_all("rede") %>%
  43. parse_redenliste() ->
  44. res
  45. list(redner = redner, reden = res$reden, talks = res$talks, comments = res$comments)
  46. }
  47. xml_get <- function(node, name) {
  48. res <- xml_text %$% xml_find_all(node, name)
  49. if (length(res) == 0) NA_character_
  50. else res
  51. }
  52. # parse one redner
  53. parse_redner <- function(redner_xml) {
  54. redner_id <- xml_attr(redner_xml, "id")
  55. nm <- xml_child(redner_xml)
  56. vorname <- xml_get(nm, "vorname")
  57. nachname <- xml_get(nm, "nachname")
  58. fraktion <- xml_get(nm, "fraktion")
  59. titel <- xml_get(nm, "titel")
  60. rolle <- xml_find_all(nm, "rolle")
  61. if (length(rolle) > 0) {
  62. rolle_lang <- xml_get(rolle, "rolle_lang")
  63. rolle_kurz <- xml_get(rolle, "rolle_kurz")
  64. } else rolle_kurz <- rolle_lang <- NA_character_
  65. c(id = redner_id, vorname = vorname, nachname = nachname, fraktion = fraktion, titel = titel,
  66. rolle_kurz = rolle_kurz, rolle_lang = rolle_lang)
  67. }
  68. # parse one rede
  69. # returns: - a rede (with rede id and redner id)
  70. # - all talks appearing in the rede (with corresponding content)
  71. parse_rede <- function(rede_xml) {
  72. rede_id <- xml_attr(rede_xml, "id")
  73. cs <- xml_children(rede_xml)
  74. cur_redner <- NA_character_
  75. principal_redner <- NA_character_
  76. cur_content <- ""
  77. reden <- list()
  78. comments <- list()
  79. for (node in cs) {
  80. if (xml_name(node) == "p" || xml_name(node) == "name") {
  81. klasse <- xml_attr(node, "klasse")
  82. if ((!is.na(klasse) && klasse == "redner") || xml_name(node) == "name") {
  83. if (!is.na(cur_redner)) {
  84. rede <- c(rede_id = rede_id,
  85. redner = cur_redner,
  86. content = cur_content)
  87. reden <- c(reden, list(rede))
  88. cur_content <- ""
  89. } else {
  90. principal_redner <- xml_child(node) %>% xml_attr("id")
  91. }
  92. if (xml_name(node) == "name") {
  93. cur_redner <- "BTP"
  94. } else {
  95. cur_redner <- xml_child(node) %>% xml_attr("id")
  96. }
  97. } else {
  98. cur_content <- paste0(cur_content, xml_text(node), sep="\n")
  99. }
  100. } else if (xml_name(node) == "kommentar") {
  101. # comments are of the form
  102. # <kommentar>(blabla [Fraktion] – blabla liasdf – bla)</kommentar>
  103. xml_text(node) %>%
  104. str_sub(2, -2) %>%
  105. str_split("–") %>%
  106. `[[`(1) %>%
  107. lapply(parse_comment, rede_id = rede_id, on_redner = cur_redner) ->
  108. cs
  109. comments <- c(comments, cs)
  110. }
  111. }
  112. rede <- c(rede_id = rede_id,
  113. redner = cur_redner,
  114. content = cur_content)
  115. reden <- c(reden, list(rede))
  116. list(rede = c(id = rede_id, redner = principal_redner),
  117. parts = reden,
  118. comments = comments)
  119. }
  120. fraktionspattern <- "BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN|CDU/CSU|AfD|SPD|DIE LINKE|FDP"
  121. parse_comment <- function(comment, rede_id, on_redner) {
  122. base <- c(rede_id = rede_id, on_redner = on_redner)
  123. str_extract_all(comment, fraktionspattern) %>%
  124. `[[`(1) %>%
  125. str_c(collapse=",") ->
  126. by
  127. # classify comment
  128. # TODO:
  129. # - actually separate content properly
  130. # - differentiate between [AfD] and AfD in by
  131. if(str_detect(comment, "Beifall")) {
  132. c(base, type = "applause", by = by, content = comment)
  133. } else {
  134. c(base, type = "comment", by = by, content = comment)
  135. }
  136. }
  137. # creates a tibble of reden and a tibble of talks from a list of xml nodes representing reden
  138. parse_redenliste <- function(redenliste_xml) {
  139. d <- sapply(redenliste_xml, parse_rede)
  140. reden <- simplify2array(d["rede", ])
  141. parts <- simplify2array %$% unlist(d["parts", ], recursive=FALSE)
  142. comments <- simplify2array %$% unlist(d["comments", ], recursive=FALSE)
  143. list(reden = tibble(id = reden["id",], redner = reden["redner",]),
  144. talks = tibble(rede_id = parts["rede_id", ],
  145. redner = parts["redner", ],
  146. content = parts["content", ]),
  147. comments = tibble(rede_id = comments["rede_id",],
  148. on_redner = comments["on_redner",],
  149. type = comments["type",],
  150. by = comments["by",],
  151. content = comments["content", ]))
  152. }
  153. # create a tibble of redner from a list of xml nodes representing redner
  154. parse_rednerliste <- function(rednerliste_xml) {
  155. d <- sapply(rednerliste_xml, parse_redner)
  156. tibble(id = d["id",],
  157. vorname = d["vorname",],
  158. nachname = d["nachname",],
  159. fraktion = d["fraktion",],
  160. titel = d["titel",],
  161. rolle_kurz = d["rolle_kurz",],
  162. rolle_lang = d["rolle_lang",])
  163. }
  164. # -------------------------------
  165. # EXAMPLE USE
  166. # make sure data ist downloaded via fetch.R
  167. res <- read_one("records/19126-data.xml")
  168. #
  169. # res$redner
  170. # res$reden
  171. # res$talks
  172. # -------------------------------