NLB Name Authorities Attributes

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UID Text	Descriptor Text	Vocabulary Text	Description Text	Name (DisplayName) Text	Latitude Text	Longitude Text	Birth Year (yyyy) Text	Death Year (yyyy) Text	Feature type Text	Year started yyyy Text	Year ended yyyy Text	Occupation Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% _People37.0% _Geographics29.0% _Organisations27.8% _GeoBuildings6.1%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)43.4%	(Null)67.9%	(Null)67.9%	(Null)73.8% 19460.4% 19480.4% 19490.4% 19630.4%	(Null)90.7% 20120.2% 20150.2% 20160.3% 20230.2%	(Null)64.9% street22.8% administrative division2.1% temple1.1% building0.9%	(Null)75.2% 19810.4% 19920.4% 20000.5% 20010.4%	(Null)91.8% 19840.2% 19850.2% 20010.3% 20020.2%	(Null)64.4% Artist2.0% Writer1.2% Painter (Art)1.0% Business person0.7%
18583487	4 Goodwood Hill	_GeoBuildings	Colonial building built by the Public Work Department at the top of Goodwood Hill. It was the residence of Financial Secretary Thomas Mure Hart before it was converted into the Civil Service Political Study Centre in 1959.	na	1.3123691	103.8343179	na	na	house	na	na	na
18657789	7 Adam Park	_GeoBuildings	A colonial bungalow located off Adam Road that was marked as a historic site by the National Heritage Board in 2002. It was the former headquarters of the British battalion which defended Singapore before the surrender to the Japanese in February 1942. The house became a private residence after the Japanese Occupation and served as the Adam Park Guild House of the National University of Singapore Society between 1987 and 2014.	na	1.3294749	103.8137881	na	na	historical site	na	na	na
18722056	7 Steps Creative Studio	_Organisations	A character design and IP development studio with a full-service offering, 2D/3D animation, motion graphics, VFX and video production.	7 Steps Creative Studio	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
19904789	7 Steps Productions	_Organisations	Multifaceted studio based in Singapore that specialises in animation production, motion graphic design, and mascot activation. It is known for creating the mascot CubeMelt.	7 Steps Productions Pte Ltd	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
18711732	01 Studio	_Organisations	Involved in motion picture and movie production.	01 Studio Pte Ltd	na	na	na	na	na	2016	na	na
18723628	11 Keppel Hill	_GeoBuildings	Conserved bungalow that forms part of the Southern Ridges Conservation Area. It was one of the tropical residences constructed by the Harbour Board, the Cable & Wireless Company as well as private individuals around the second half of the 1800s and served as a residence for one of the senior members of management for Keppel Harbour.	na	1.2693186	103.8181662	na	na	house	na	na	na
18589637	13 Little Pictures	_Organisations	Singaporean film collective that produces and promotes films that celebrate cinema with all its diversities. It supports independent filmmaking through ideas, collaboration and production support. It organises regional film labs. Its feature and short films have been screened overseas in places such as Rotterdam, Berlin and New York.	13 Little Pictures	na	na	na	na	na	2009	na	na
18577410	33 Auction	_Organisations	Auction company incorporated and registered in Singapore, to support the development of visual arts in Asia. It specialises in auctioning Modern and Contemporary Asian Art. The first auction was held in May 2009. It works closely with important art institutions, artists, prominent collectors as well as curators. In 2013, it was named one of the top auction houses in Asia by Blouin Artinfo.	33 Auction	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
18583485	36 - 38 Armenian Street (Place)	_GeoBuildings	Two clusters of shophouses built between the 1930s and 1940s. They housed the Mayfair Hotel from the 1950s to the late 2000s, before being converted to lodgings for foreign workers. The buildings were restored in 2011, with new extensions housing accomodations, shops and a private art gallery. The shophouses were given conservation status on 13 October 2001 under the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s voluntary conservation scheme.	na	1.294021	103.849642	na	na	building	na	na	na
19857286	38 Oxley Road	_GeoBuildings	Residence of Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew between 1940s and 2015. The "early style" bungalow was commissioned by a Dutch merchant Hermann Cornelius Verloop in 1898. It was then named Castor. The house is associated with several key events in Singapore history, including Lee Kuan Yew's meeting with Chinese-educated unionists Fong Swee Suan and Lim Chin Siong, and served as the venue for secret discussions between Lee and other individuals such as Goh Keng Swee and Toh Chin Chye that led to the People's Action Party's (PAP) inauguration.	na	1.297958	103.8407605	na	na	house	na	na	na

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
UID	uid	Text	-	Unique identifier of the entity.
Descriptor	descriptor	Text	-	Standardised preferred name of the entity for indexing purposes. It may be established differently from its original form.
Vocabulary	vocabulary	Text	-	Category of the 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.
Description	description	Text	-	Description of the entity.
Name (DisplayName)	name_displayname	Text	-	Name of the person as displayed in original form.
Latitude	lat	Text	-	Latitude of the place or building.
Longitude	long	Text	-	Longitude of the place or building.
Birth Year (yyyy)	birth_year_yyyy	Text	-	Birth year of the person.
Death Year (yyyy)	death_year_yyyy	Text	-	Death year of the person.
Feature type	feature_type	Text	-	Term that describes the role or characteristic of the building or place.
Year started yyyy	year_started_yyyy	Text	-	Year of establishment of the organisation, year of name change of the organisation or year of merger between two or more organisations.
Year ended yyyy	year_ended_yyyy	Text	-	Year in which the organisation ended, year of name change of the organisation, or year of merger between two or more organisations.
Occupation	occupation	Text	-	Occupation of the person. Multiple occupations are separated by the "\|" character.

Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
datasetId = "d_a6d93a061d4148fe55106a28ddd6193c"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + datasetId 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

NLB Name Authorities Attributes

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NLBNameAuthoritiesAttributes.csv (17.2K rows, 5.4 MB)

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