Other Resources in OpenRefine

Learning Objectives

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• identify other resources about OpenRefine
• search the web to find more resources

Lesson

Identify other Resources about OpenRefine.

OpenRefine is more than a simple data cleaning tool. People are using it for all sorts of activities. Here are some other resources that might prove useful.

OpenRefine has its own web site with documentation and a book:

• OpenRefine web site
• OpenRefine Documentation for Users
• OpenRefine documentation Wiki site
• Using OpenRefine book by Ruben Verborgh, Max De Wilde and Aniket Sawant
• OpenRefine history from Wikipedia

In addition, see these other useful resources:

• Grateful Data is a fun sight with many resources devoted to OpenRefine, including a nice tutorial.
• Margaret Heller shows how she uses OpenRefine for Measuring and Counting Impact in Repositories.
• Intersect Course Resources has Jared Berghold’s Cleaning & Exploring your data with Open Refine (scroll down page to find).
• Enipedia Open Refine Tutorial

There are more advanced uses of Open Refine, such as bringing in column or cell data using web locators (URLs or APIs). The links above can give you a start on your journey.

Challenge

Visit one of these sites and share what you find with another person.

Optional Previous: Services in OpenRefine