This dataset is included in the NDE Dataset Register
What data are there in this dataset?
The open data consists of the metadata of 2,587,917 historical documents from Historic Center Limburg, containing 8,263,458 historical personal references.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The Historic Center Limburg historical document metadata dataset is provided as an OAI-PMH metadata feed.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 = rhl):
Download (A2A/XML)
The dataset can be downloaded in A2A / XML format as a compressed file (.tar.gz):
- DownloadThis file with 2,587,917 records is created on August 23, 2026, the file size is 8 GB (uncompressed) / 450 MB (compressed).
Download (linked data in 'a2a vocabulaire')
The dataset can be downloaded in N-triples format as a compressed file (.ttl.gz.):
- DownloadThis file was created on August 23, 2026 and has a file size of 2 GB (compressed).
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 50,002 lines was created on August 23, 2026, the file size is 139 MB (uncompressed) / 10 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Births. This file with 804,752 lines was created on August 23, 2026, the file size is 529 MB (uncompressed) / 73 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Marriages. This file with 267,813 lines was created on August 23, 2026, the file size is 251 MB (uncompressed) / 41 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Deaths. This file with 912,757 lines was created on August 23, 2026, the file size is 678 MB (uncompressed) / 95 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Notarial archives. This file with 88,695 lines was created on August 23, 2026, the file size is 204 MB (uncompressed) / 10 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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