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NLB Name Authorities Relationships

Data from Feb 2019 to May 2023Updated 7 months ago

NLB (National Library Board)

Contains name authorities and their relationships (e.g. variant forms of the name).

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NLBNameAuthoritiesRelationships.csv (34.8K rows, 2.7 MB)

Key UID
Text
Key Descriptor
Text
Key Vocabulary
Text
Relationship Type
Text
Related UID
Text
Related Descriptor
Text
Related Vocabulary
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
_Geographics37.9%
_People35.4%
_Organisations21.9%
_GeoBuildings4.8%
(Null)8.9%
UF43.2%
BT16.7%
NT16.7%
RT10.0%
185834874 Goodwood Hill_GeoBuildingsnananana
186577897 Adam Park_GeoBuildingsUF18705739Adam Park Guild House_GeoBuildings
187220567 Steps Creative Studio_Organisationsnananana
199047897 Steps Productions_Organisationsnananana
1871173201 Studio_Organisationsnananana
1872362811 Keppel Hill_GeoBuildingsUF18723629Keppel House_GeoBuildings
1872362811 Keppel Hill_GeoBuildingsBT18348733Southern Ridges Conservation Area_Geographics
1858963713 Little Pictures_Organisationsnananana
1857741033 Auction_Organisationsnananana
1858348536 - 38 Armenian Street (Place)_GeoBuildingsUF18583486Former Mayfair Hotel_GeoBuildings

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Key UIDkey_uidText-Unique identifier of the key entity.
Key Descriptorkey_descriptorText-Standardised preferred name of the key entity for indexing purposes. It may be established differently from its original form.
Key Vocabularykey_vocabularyText-Category of the key entity. GeoBuildings: Buildings and structures in Singapore that are historically or culturally significant. Geographics: Names of streets and places in Singapore that includes locations and significant landmarks such as historic sites as well as streets, roads, islands, rivers, canals, hills and parks. Organisations: Names of Singapore-related organisations. People: Names of mainly Singapore-related people.
Relationship Typerelationship_typeText-Type of relationship between the entities. UF: Used For - variant name(s) of the entity. BT: Broader Term - A term or name which is broader in definition and scope. NT: Narrower Term - A term or name which is narrower in definition and scope. Predecessor: The name that the organisation or place was previously known as. Successor: The name that the organisation or place was subsequently known as. RT: Related Term - A name that is associated or connected with an entity, such as sibling organisations, or organisations resulting from a merger or split.
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_68955b7991bedbe6d888ad5182974e4f"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

National Library Board. (2019). NLB Name Authorities Relationships (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved January 15, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_68955b7991bedbe6d888ad5182974e4f/view

About this dataset

Contact

chow_yaw_huah@nlb.gov.sg

Created on

15 Feb 2019

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

NLB (National Library Board)

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