{
  "id": 19101,
  "title": "Data usage for research",
  "url": "/competitions/expedia-personalized-sort/discussion/19101",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2016-02-21T04:44:43.663Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 774,
  "content": "<p>Hello, </p>\n\n<p>I wonder if I can use the Expedia dataset for my academic research. </p>\n\n<p>I saw the administrator's answer in this forum saying  that the data set can be used for research with some restrictions (&quot;Yes, you can use it in your research but it is subject to the same restrictions as specified in the rules of the contest (e.g. Expedia competitors cannot use/analyze it&quot;) and wonder if it is still effective. </p>\n\n<p>Thank you for your answer in advance. </p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "108891",
      "postDate": "02/21/2016 04:44:43",
      "content": "<p>Hello, </p>\n\n<p>I wonder if I can use the Expedia dataset for my academic research. </p>\n\n<p>I saw the administrator's answer in this forum saying  that the data set can be used for research with some restrictions (&quot;Yes, you can use it in your research but it is subject to the same restrictions as specified in the rules of the contest (e.g. Expedia competitors cannot use/analyze it&quot;) and wonder if it is still effective. </p>\n\n<p>Thank you for your answer in advance. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hello, \r\n\r\nI wonder if I can use the Expedia dataset for my academic research. \r\n\r\nI saw the administrator's answer in this forum saying  that the data set can be used for research with some restrictions (\"Yes, you can use it in your research but it is subject to the same restrictions as specified in the rules of the contest (e.g. Expedia competitors cannot use/analyze it\") and wonder if it is still effective. \r\n\r\nThank you for your answer in advance.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "108992",
      "postDate": "02/22/2016 09:39:39",
      "content": "<p>Hello,</p>\n\n<p>Yes, it's still effective.</p>\n\n<p>Adam</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hello,\r\n\r\nYes, it's still effective.\r\n\r\nAdam",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "109082",
      "postDate": "02/23/2016 05:22:02",
      "content": "<p>Thank you so much, Adam! </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you so much, Adam!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "160140",
      "postDate": "02/06/2017 08:51:51",
      "content": "<p>We are planning to use this dataset for our course project. I hope the problem is still relevant and any exploration using the data-set provided would still be useful.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "We are planning to use this dataset for our course project. I hope the problem is still relevant and any exploration using the data-set provided would still be useful.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 108992,
      "author_name": "adamwoz",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/22/2016 09:39:39",
      "content": "<p>Hello,</p>\n\n<p>Yes, it's still effective.</p>\n\n<p>Adam</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 109082,
      "author_name": "eunheeko",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/23/2016 05:22:02",
      "content": "<p>Thank you so much, Adam! </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 160140,
      "author_name": "dharmk80",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/06/2017 08:51:51",
      "content": "<p>We are planning to use this dataset for our course project. I hope the problem is still relevant and any exploration using the data-set provided would still be useful.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "108891": "Hello, \r\n\r\nI wonder if I can use the Expedia dataset for my academic research. \r\n\r\nI saw the administrator's answer in this forum saying  that the data set can be used for research with some restrictions (\"Yes, you can use it in your research but it is subject to the same restrictions as specified in the rules of the contest (e.g. Expedia competitors cannot use/analyze it\") and wonder if it is still effective. \r\n\r\nThank you for your answer in advance.",
    "108992": "Hello,\r\n\r\nYes, it's still effective.\r\n\r\nAdam",
    "109082": "Thank you so much, Adam!",
    "160140": "We are planning to use this dataset for our course project. I hope the problem is still relevant and any exploration using the data-set provided would still be useful."
  },
  "source": "meta"
}