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What data are there in this dataset?
The open data consists of the metadata of 3,067,193 deeds of West Brabant Archives, with 7,069,625 historical personal details. The pie chart shows the number of person entries per source type.
How can the dataset be downloaded?
Harvesting (A2A/XML)
The dataset with metadata of recprds of West Brabant Archives is offered as 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 = wba):
- ListIdentifiers function: https://api.openarch.nl/oai-pmh/?verb=ListIdentifiers&metadataPrefix=oai_a2a&set=wba
- ListRecords function: https://api.openarch.nl/oai-pmh/?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai_a2a&set=wba
Download (A2A/XML)
The dataset can be downloaded in A2A / XML format as a compressed file (.tar.gz):
- DownloadThis file with 3,535,409 records is created on February 22, 2023, the file size is 9.1 GB (uncompressed) / 725.9 MB (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 3,213,289 lines was created on February 23, 2023, the file size is 926.3 MB (uncompressed) / 132.5 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Births. This file with 318,474 lines was created on February 23, 2023, the file size is 222.4 MB (uncompressed) / 32.3 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Marriages. This file with 91,453 lines was created on February 23, 2023, the file size is 83.5 MB (uncompressed) / 12.7 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Deaths. This file with 295,033 lines was created on February 23, 2023, the file size is 222.3 MB (uncompressed) / 30.1 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Funerals . This file with 178,282 lines was created on February 23, 2023, the file size is 119.1 MB (uncompressed) / 14.0 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Baptisms. This file with 297,911 lines was created on February 23, 2023, the file size is 202.5 MB (uncompressed) / 29.5 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Marriages (church). This file with 118,534 lines was created on February 23, 2023, the file size is 81.0 MB (uncompressed) / 11.4 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Notarial archives. This file with 1,114,146 lines was created on February 23, 2023, the file size is 475.4 MB (uncompressed) / 32.0 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.