linking-information-queries 0.1.2
A library for enriching metadata through semantic queries. It performs API calls to Wikipedia, Wikidata, DBpedia, and ORCID to retrieve and integrate structured information from multiple open knowledge sources.
Requires Python: >=3.11

A library for enriching metadata through semantic queries. It performs API calls to Wikipedia, Wikidata, DBpedia, and ORCID to retrieve and integrate structured information from multiple open knowledge sources.

## Main dependencies
* python>=3.11
* SPARQLWrapper==2.0.0
* requests

## Example & Usage
```
from linking_information_queries.information_linking_orcid import information_linking_orcid
from linking_information_queries.information_linking_apis import information_linking


orcid = information_linking_orcid(first_name="Julie", last_name="Costopoulos")
print(orcid)

info = information_linking(wikipedia_url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18630637")
print(info)
```

```
{'orcid-id': '0000-0001-9912-3171', 'given-names': 'Julie', 'family-names': 'Costopoulos', 'credit-name': 'Julie Costopoulos', 'other-name': ['Julie S. Costopoulos', 'Julie S. Gross', 'Julie Gross'], 'email': [], 'institution-name': ['Florida Institute of Technology', 'Florida State University', 'New York University', 'University of Florida']}

{'description': 'Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between translating (a written text) and interpreting (oral or signed communication between users of different languages); under this distinction, translation can begin only after the appearance of writing within a language community.', 'label': 'Translation', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7553', 'aliases': ['translate', 'translating'], 'dbpedia': 'http://dbpedia.org/resource/Translation'}
```

## Parameters for information_linking_orcid
* **first_name**: The first name of the author. **(Required)**  
* **last_name**: The last name of the author. **(Required)**  

## Parameters for information_linking 
* **wikipedia_url**: The URL of a wikipedia entry (It has to be with with a curid such as 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18630637'). **(Required)**  
* **description**: The first 2 sentences of a wikipedia entry, *(deafult=True)*, *(Values: True, False)*. *(Optional)*  
* **label**: The wikipedia title of a wikipedia entry, *(deafult=True)*, *(Values: True, False)*. *(Optional)*
* **wikidata**: The wikidata url of a wikipedia entry, *(deafult=True)*, *(Values: True, False)*. *(Optional)*
* **aliases**: The english wikidata aliases, *(deafult=True)*, *(Values: True, False)*. *(Optional)*
* **dbpedia**: The dbpedia url of a wikipedia entry, *(deafult=True)*, *(Values: True, False)*. *(Optional)*

## Licence
MIT License

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