Script that generates an RDF graph for the History of Work Information System
Author: Albert Meroño-Peñuela
Copyright: VU University Amsterdam
License: LGPL v3.0
HISCO, the History of Work Information System, is a classification of tens of thousands of historical occupations from all around the world between the 16th and the 20th century. It provides a coding system (i.e. unique identifiers) that classify job labels written in different languages, improving interoperability between systems storing data about historical occupations (e.g. censuses).
Although a digital version is available, no RDF version of this dataset currently exists. An RDF version of HISCO would be of great value for interlinking historical datasets in the Web of Linked Data.
Invoke python hisco2rdf.py from the command line. A hisco.ttl file with the HISCO RDF graph will be produced.
Currently only the provided HISCO source data file is supported (data/HISCO.xls).
URIs are generated for each HISCO occupation entry (i.e. unique identifier). All related labels are conveniently linked.
- Python 2.7
- xlrd package http://www.python-excel.org
- RDFLib package http://www.rdflib.net