The Aggregate Dutch Historical Censuses. Ashkpour, A., Meroño-Peñuela, A., & Mandemakers, K. Historical Methods, 48(4):230–245, Routledge, 10, 2015.
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Historical censuses have an enormous potential for research. In order to fully use this potential, harmonization of these censuses is essential. During the last decades, enormous efforts have been undertaken in digitizing the published aggregated outcomes of the Dutch historical censuses (1795-1971). Although the accessibility has been improved enormously, researchers must cope with hundreds of heterogeneous and disconnected Excel tables. As a result, the census is still for the most part an untapped source of information. The authors describe the main harmonization challenges of the census and how they work toward one harmonized dataset. They propose a specific approach and model in creating an interlinked census dataset in the Semantic Web using the Resource Description Framework technology.
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  title     = "The Aggregate Dutch Historical Censuses",
  abstract  = "Historical censuses have an enormous potential for research. In order to fully use this potential, harmonization of these censuses is essential. During the last decades, enormous efforts have been undertaken in digitizing the published aggregated outcomes of the Dutch historical censuses (1795-1971). Although the accessibility has been improved enormously, researchers must cope with hundreds of heterogeneous and disconnected Excel tables. As a result, the census is still for the most part an untapped source of information. The authors describe the main harmonization challenges of the census and how they work toward one harmonized dataset. They propose a specific approach and model in creating an interlinked census dataset in the Semantic Web using the Resource Description Framework technology.",
  keywords  = "harmonization, historical censuses, historical demography, RDF, Semantic Web, social and economic history",
  author    = "Ashkan Ashkpour and Albert Meroño-Peñuela and Kees Mandemakers",
  year      = "2015",
  month     = "10",
  doi       = "10.1080/01615440.2015.1026009",
  volume    = "48",
  pages     = "230--245",
  journal   = "Historical Methods",
  issn      = "0161-5440",
  publisher = "Routledge",
  number    = "4",
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