This dataset is included in the NDE Dataset Register
What data are there in this dataset?
The open data consists of the metadata of 687,554 historical documents from City Archives Aalst, containing 2,761,152 historical personal references. The pie chart shows the number of person entries per source type.
How can the dataset be downloaded?
Harvesting (A2A/XML)
The City Archives Aalst historical document metadata dataset is provided as an OAI-PMH metadata feed. This feed is an implementation of an OAI-PMH data provider, based on OAI-PMH 2.0. The metadata is structured according to the Archives 2 All (A2A) model.
The URLs to harvests this dataset (set = aal):
Download (CSV)
The dataset can be downloaded in parts in CSV format as a compressed file (.csv.gz):
- DownloadFile with data of source type Population registers. This file with 330,251 lines was created on January 17, 2024, the file size is 128 MB (uncompressed) / 21 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Births. This file with 146,760 lines was created on January 17, 2024, the file size is 122 MB (uncompressed) / 25 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Marriages. This file with 38,352 lines was created on January 17, 2024, the file size is 49 MB (uncompressed) / 10 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Deaths. This file with 134,831 lines was created on January 17, 2024, the file size is 116 MB (uncompressed) / 22 MB (compressed).
License
This dataset is offered by Open Archives under a Creative Commons 0 license (Public Domain Dedication). This means that you can copy, modify, distribute and execute the work, even for commercial purposes, without asking permission. It is appreciated if you contact Open Archives if you use this dataset, maybe we can do even more for each other!
The dataset can contain URLs to images and images of third-party viewers, the CC0-license does not apply to those items! Check the website of the relevant archive which license is linked to that material.
For questions and comments about this dataset, please contact Open Archives.
Datasetbeschrijving in JSON-LD
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