mySQL database to be filled with Icecat product data XML

Icecat ([login to view URL]) provides online shops and price comparison sites with structured product data for computers, electronic consumer goods, cameras, mobile phones and other gadgets. I need somebody who uses Icecats XML interface to store product data from selected product categories in a mySQL database (that has to be build up) and makes this data accessible for further processes. A presentation of Icecat and its XML interface can be found here: [login to view URL] This is the job: Download/transfer data from all products of these product categories: - Notebooks (Category ID 151) - Netbooks (Category ID 1561) - Mobile & Smartphones (Category ID 119) - Digital Cameras (Category ID 575) - LCD TV (Category ID 1078) - Plasma TV (Category ID 903) - GPS navigation systems (Category ID 910) Please notice that: - I only need the product categories in the German language version (LanguageID= „4“) - Only structured product data are needed (Product Quality = „ICECAT“) - Product data of related products („ProductRelated“) are not needed neither - To start with, the database will have to be build and tested with the free available brands („Open Icecat“). At the final project stage we would switch to the entire Icecat data base that includes all brands („Full Icecat“). The data structure is identical, only the XML addresses have to be changed. Automatic update of the mySQL database Icecat provides an update XML on a daily basis (*[login to view URL]) that contains new and obsolete products. With respect to daily updates you will have to write a routine that - updates the mySQL database on a daily basis for the seven product categories mentioned above (add new, remove old products), - updates are only needed for the German market (<Country Market value = "DE">) - sends a notification mail after each daily update with a .csv file attached stating which products have been added and which products have been removed (short information for each product such as date, category, added/removed, brand, product name, EAN, Icecat product ID) Browser based Admin view to enable non IT experts to handle the mySQL database This admin view should enable the following actions: - export of product data sets in a .csv data file with filters to select o which product data sets to export (e.g. category, date) o which product features to include in the export (all, brand, specific product features etc.). For each product category this selection can be stored as a default for future exports. - Direct search for specific products (e.g. brand, product name, EAN, Icecat product ID) - Manual upload of additional products (within the given categories) with .csv data files structured according to the product information in the category - Note: given a solid functionality of this admin view and possibilities to select and export data sets filtering for date ranges, the “mail notification functionality after uploads” mentioned above could be omitted. Support with hosting and configuration You should help me to choose the right selection and evaluation criteria for hosting providers and their services. Furthermore, I will need support to install and configure the database with a German provider. Various You will have to transfer all rights for the developed services to me. In case of a successful cooperation there will be more programming to be done for me (integration of Amazon API and price comparison services, other language versions, personal account services and many more). You should state a fix price and a termination date for this project in your bid. Please mention references to past projects related to this one. A sound knowledge of Perl is preferred but not mandatory as my services will use Perl to work with the Icecat product data.