Names Archive of the Institute for the Languages of Finland
Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen Nimiarkisto

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The dataset contains approximately 2.3 million place name records from the place name collections gathered during a period of over 100 years in the Names Archive of the Institute for the Languages of Finland. The data can be searched and analyzed in the NameSampo service.

Example SPARQL queries for the data:

License

CC BY 4.0

Licensor: Institute for the Languages of Finland, Semanttisen laskennan tutkimusryhmä (SeCo)

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Detailed Dataset Contents

Names Archive of the Institute for the Languages of Finland (URI: http://ldf.fi/kotus-names-archive/)

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This graph contains approximately 2 million place name records from the Names Archive of the Institute for the Languages of Finland. More information about the source data: https://nimiarkisto.fi.

RDF version by SeCo @ Aalto University.

Information included: place name, place type, municipality, coordinates, collection year.

Example resource URI: http://ldf.fi/kotus-names-archive/Q100000003

Schemas Used

Following schemas (vocabularies) are used in the datasets above:

URI Data Services

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Human Use Case 1: Viewing the RDF Description of a URI

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Format:
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Human Use Case 2: Linked Data Browsing Starting from a URI

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Machine Use Case: Getting the RDF Description of a Resource

If the URI is dereferenceable, e.g., minted at the http://ldf.fi domain, just input the URI in a browser or use it in your favourite software. For example: URI=http://ldf.fi/finlex/laki/p35. If the URI is described in this LDF service you can use the URI template http://ldf.fi/SERVICE/data?uri=URI no matter whether the URI is dereferenceable or not: just input the URI in the form below:

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Format:

SPARQL Endpoint: http://ldf.fi/kotus-names-archive/sparql

Queries are represented using the URI template: http://ldf.fi/SERVICE/sparql?query=QUERY

Query Test Form


Format:
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By default (XML/HTML and the "text/plain" check box not checked) the result is presented as an HTML table with links to related resources.
Note: With DESCRIBE/CONSTRUCT queries "Text" format means Turtle, "CSV" and "TSV" formats cannot be used, and checking the "text/plain" check box presents the result in N-Triples.

SPARQL Service Description

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Visualization

A general Google Charts visualization is available here.

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