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Wikidata and SNAC
At the most recent Linked Jazz meeting, Karen noted that Wikidata now has Social Networks Archival Context (SNAC) IDs for some URIs: (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188969)
Not sure how many Whitney constituents would have Wikidata URIs/SNAC URIs, but this might present some interesting enrichment opportunities.
Guy Pène du Bois, for instance, has a SNAC URI: http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w6pv7c36
The Whitney Studio Club: http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w6cz7999
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w6805436
SNAC is still a prototype however, and its data seems to come from VIAF, the LC, and WorldCat.
Wikidata also doesn’t seem to have many SNAC links incorporated yet. Guy Pene Du Bois has a SNAC ID, but his Wikidata page does not link to it.
Refining Data
This Google Sheets/OpenRefine tutorial was also mentioned in the Linked Jazz meeting: http://blog.silk.co/post/127234807482/from-ombd-to-gender-data-on-film-directors-how-to
See also:
Data Journalism Tools Part 1: Extracting and Scraping Data
Tools for Data Visualization Part 2: Cleaning Data
Tools for Data Visualization part 3: Enhancing Data
