Overview

Teaching: 0 min
Exercises: 90 min

Questions

• What is Openrefine? an introduction

• Data cleaning with open refine?

• Name matching with Openrefine

Objectives

• Understand the purpose of Openrefine

Openrefine

Presentation

Excercise : Openrefine

1. Finish this exercise

SOLUTION

1. follow the guidelines in the document

Excercise : Openrefine Extra exercice

The GLobal names veriefier gives you the opportunity to check your names with numerous sources. 209 Checklists are used for this service.

1. On your column ‘scientificName’ Go to reconciliation services -> reconcile –> start reconciling
2. Click on ‘add reconciliation service’ and fill in “https://verifier.globalnames.org/api/v1/reconcile”
3. Click on Globalnames
4. Click on start reconciling
5. Click reconcile –> facets –> ‘choose your way of judgement’

SOLUTION

1. After reconciliation your names are matched
2. More information on this service here

Key Points

• Openrefine saves time