This dataset is included in the NDE Dataset Register
What data are there in this dataset?
The open data consists of the metadata of 1,479,112 historical documents from Westfries Archief, containing 5,377,049 historical personal references.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The Westfries Archief historical document metadata dataset is provided as an OAI-PMH metadata feed.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 = wfa):
Download (A2A/XML)
The dataset can be downloaded in A2A / XML format as a compressed file (.tar.gz):
- DownloadThis file with 1,390,738 records is created on December 21, 2024, the file size is 4,703 GB (uncompressed) / 391 GB (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 January 17, 2024 and has a file size of 851 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 json. This file with 123,319 lines was created on January 17, 2024, the file size is 329 MB (uncompressed) / 23 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type json. This file with 146,581 lines was created on January 17, 2024, the file size is 89 MB (uncompressed) / 13 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type json. This file with 523 lines was created on January 17, 2024, the file size is 324 KB (uncompressed) / 31 KB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type json. This file with 6,322 lines was created on January 17, 2024, the file size is 4 MB (uncompressed) / 339 KB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type json. This file with 80,311 lines was created on January 17, 2024, the file size is 51 MB (uncompressed) / 6 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type json. This file with 244,981 lines was created on January 17, 2024, the file size is 149 MB (uncompressed) / 22 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type json. This file with 46,920 lines was created on January 17, 2024, the file size is 32 MB (uncompressed) / 5 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type json. This file with 154,009 lines was created on January 17, 2024, the file size is 812 MB (uncompressed) / 42 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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