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How can I get a list of currencies from Wikidata?
Some currencies already exist, like [1], [2] and they are all instances of currency [3]. Unfortunately there are no links to all instances from [3].
So is there a possibility to get this list from Wikidata?
[1] http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4916…
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Numeric facts database?
Is there an online database that contains numeric facts (world population, number of inches in a yard, lbs in a metric ton, ect)?
I'm specifically interested in numeric facts. It can be any subject. The more facts (100s, 1000s, the better)! The more…
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Results of past NCAA games
Are they any openly available lists of the scores of NCAA games in football or basketball? The information exists in pieces on sites like wikipedia, and Stanford Graph Base has the entire 1990 NCAA division 1 football schedule in a nice format, but…
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Involvement of central statistics bureau with national open data portal
Although this is a very subjective question as each national government has quite a different setup. However, in general, are there any patterns or working models involving statistics bureaus having a more involved role in either hosting, curating,…
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Alexa top dataset
Is Alexa's Top available in a dataset format?
Several datasets exist, but include only basic information, like domains and their positions in the top.
What about other info, like category of the website, search visits, visitors locations, etc. as…
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What are the different types of Degrees, Diplomas and Certifications and Industry types?
What are all the different types of Degrees, Certifications and Diplomas you can get? I can find the Types of Degrees, but I am not looking only for the types of degrees.
I am looking for Certificate types and Diploma types, i.e: National Diploma or…
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Panel data for public companies' financials? Alternative to Capital IQ Compustat?
Where can I get financial indicators of public companies in the format friendly for statistical analysis?
"Friendly" is mainly about:
Panel data in long format.
Variable names compatible with statistical packages.
Datapoints properly…
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Optimal Data Format(s) for Open GIS Data Repositories?
What format(s) would/should be provided/included with a gis dataset repository?
I know that there is no correct answer, i'd like as many different answers/opinions as possible to make the best informed opinion.
Open data github group has been…
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Why is the Open World assumption so central to the semantic web?
The semantics of RDF is known to be based on the open world assumption. What does that mean? How does that show up in the RDF Semantics? And why does it help in data integration?
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Wikidata: How to represent British Hong Kong's under Japanese occupation?
Between 1941 and 1945, British Hong Kong (then a colony) was occupied by the Japanese, see this Wikipedia article.
However on British Hong Kong's Wikidata page, there's no mention of the Japaneses occupation whatsoever. It seems like it was a…
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Get random city of any country
I am looking for an public Rest API which I can consume and get random city name at every time.
No inputs (like country). City can be any size, it can be a village, town, city..
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Legacy/obsolete UK postcodes
I don't expect anyone to be able to answer this, but hope to be proved wrong. Does anyone know if there is a reasonably comprehensive source of old postcode data? I have data going back a few years and a fair proportion are codes that appear to…
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What are good examples of how open data is driving community development?
I am looking for examples of how open data is helping to drive community development, with a focus on the United States.
We are seeking examples across a broad range of community development domains, including:
Economic development,
Neighborhood…
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Is there a dictionary containing Arabic first and names and their English equivalent?
I have an Arabic and English spreadsheets containing people's information including first and last names. I have no identifier I can use other than those names, no unique ID or anything.
At the most basic level, I'm looking to see if there's a…
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Is it still possible to download Census 2000 data at the level of the Metropolitan Statistical Area?
If you go to the web page for the 2000 Census:
https://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html
they don't list MSA's anywhere. If you click on "FactFinder", it just links to the Factfinder for the 2010 Census. The Demographic Profiles are just either…
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