Research Guides: Data Services Class Descriptions: Data Enrichment with APIs and OpenRefine

Learn to enrich data by connecting it with external sources and pulling in additional datapoints. We’ll use OpenRefine and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to link data with Wikidata, an openly available knowledge graph, and explore geocoding with GeoNames, an open linked database of geographic names and information.

Software:	OpenRefine
Duration:	120 min
Room description:	Some tutorials are held remotely and require NYU sign on to access, while others are held in person, without a remote component. Please note the correct modality and location of the tutorial when registering
Prerequisites:	None
Skills Taught / Learning Outcomes:	Set up reconciliation services in OpenRefine Pull in data from from reconciled values Use API calls to pull in additional data
Class Materials:
Related Classes:	Data Cleaning with OpenRefine Introduction to ArcGIS Data Cleaning for GIS
Additional Training Materials:	Websites: OpenRefine at NYU Data Services OpenRefine manual on reconciling OpenRefine’s list of reconcilable data sources OpenRefine Forum GeoNames Web Services Documentation Exercises/Projects: Carpentries OpenRefine for Ecology tutorial (section on reconciliation) University of Toronto Libraries OpenRefine tutorial on reconciliation Getty Vocabularies OpenRefine Reconciliation service and tutorial
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