Welcome to hog.net, a "Harry Potter" themed querying exercise based on Zim, in which you explore the local network of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In this exercise, you are tasked with answering research questions by querying the databases available on the local school network:

• books – soft copies of select books from the school library
• comp – personal computers of hog.net users
• e-owl – the magical equivalent of email
• floochat – instant messaging logs between hog.net users (based on the FLOO protocol)
• news – news reports and articles from the international wizarding community
• users – information about hog.net users

Once you have completed the exercise, if you'd like someone to review your answers, please reach out on Twitter.

If you’d like to contribute to this project, please fill out the self-assessment and feedback issue template.

Please use the browser-based version, available here.

1. Download and install Zim.
2. Extract the “hog.net” folder from the notebook file.
3. Run Zim, click “Add”, “Browse” and then choose the “hog.net” folder.
4. Follow the rest of the instructions in the English or Hebrew exercise files.

You can also watch a demonstration of the old version in action (in Hebrew).