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Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.
This dataset is based on querying Wikipedia category pages for entities of interest.
Using PETScan, this dataset is generated by querying specific categories on Wikidata and extracting the entities that are part of them and describe persons.
This is used to fetch profiles of politically exposed persons and other entities of interest.
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| Publisher: | Wikidata non-official source Wikidata is a free and open knowledge base that can be read and edited by both humans and machines. It acts as central storage for the structured data of its Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wiktionary, Wikisource, and others. | ||||
| Collections: | in OpenSanctions Default | ||||
| Information: | meta.wikimedia.org | ||||
| Source data: | petscan.wmcloud.org · CSV | ||||
| Coverage: | added · frequency: daily · At 22:00 | ||||
| Last processed: | 2024-12-20 22:12:01 | ||||
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You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.
| Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine: | |
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint: | |
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint: |
The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:
| Added | Name | Type | Countries |
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| Yolanda Rivera Dueñas | Person | Spain | |
| Helgi Agustsson | Person | United States · Iceland | |
| Allan Bird | Person | Papua New Guinea | |
| Ramsey Pariwa | Person | Papua New Guinea | |
| သစ်လင်းအုန်း | Person | China · Cambodia · Myanmar (Burma) · Russia | |
| Khadra Ahmed Dualeh | Person | Somalia | |
| Mireille Fougasse | Person | France | |
| Clarisse Johnson-Le Loher | Person | France | |
| Núria Riquelme i Zurita | Person | Spain | |
| Chen Xiaodong | Person | China | |
| Person | Person | Rwanda | |
| Javier Parrondo | Person | Spain · Paraguay | |
| Manuel Hernández Gamallo | Person | Spain · Kuwait · Bahrain | |
| Person | Person | Rwanda | |
| Emeka Idu Godwin Obiajulu | Person | Nigeria |
OpenSanctions is free for non-commercial users. Businesses must acquire a data license to use the dataset.