We offer two categories of data download: a simple CSV that contains one row per work in this database, which is useful for some simple analyses; and a full data dump that contains multiple CSVs representing our data in its full complexity.
Twice yearly, both of these data downloads will be deposited to Carnegie Mellon University's institutional repository. Those versioned deposits are available at https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/12987959, and if used should be cited with the appropriate DOIs and datestamps. To cite the most recently updated version of the dataset, use the suggested citation below.
Warning: We strongly discourage using Microsoft Excel to open these files, as that software is easily confused by the multiline values and UTF-8 characters contained in some columns. We recommend R, Python, OpenOffice, or Google Sheets.
Download single CSV (zipped) (Last updated: 2024-12-12 2:20 a.m. EST)
This file contains a simplified version of our database arranged with one row per "work" (be it a keynote, a paper, a panel session, etc.). Associated conference information such as name, location, and date, as well as author names and keyword/topic tags are included in each row as well.
This CSV does not contain more complex related information such as changing author names or detailed affiliation information. For that, you will want to look at the full relational database available below.
Name | Description |
---|---|
*work_id
| Unique ID number |
*conference_label
| Conference label |
conference_short_title
| Location-based short title of the conference |
conference_theme_title
| Thematic conference title |
*conference_year
| |
conference_organizers
| Conference organizing groups (Separated by semicolon) |
conference_series
| Conference series (separated by semicolon) |
conference_hosting_institutions
| Hosting institutions (separated by a semicolon) |
conference_city
| |
conference_state
| |
conference_country
| |
conference_url
| URL for the conference program or abstracts |
work_title
| Work title |
work_url
| Direct URL for the work abstract if it exists |
*work_authors
| Named authors (separated by a semicolon) |
*work_type
| Type of work (e.g. keynote, multipaper session, poster |
full_text
| The full text of the work, when indexed and licensed for republication. If the full text of the work has not yet been indexed into this system, OR if the text is not licensed for republication, this field will be blank. |
full_text_type
| Work full text will either be available as plain text (txt) or as TEI (xml). When full text is not available to be shared, this field will be blank. |
full_text_license
| License of this full text, when it is known. |
parent_work_id
| ID of a multipaper session or panel session that this work belongs to |
keywords
| Author-submitted keywords (separated by a semicolon) |
languages
| Language(s) of the abstract (separated by a semicolon) |
topics
| Topics from a conference-specific controlled vocabulary (separated by a semicolon) |
Download multiple CSVs (zipped) (Last updated: 2024-12-12 2:20 a.m. EST)
This download contains one CSV for each of the core tables in our database, and can be used to do more complex analyses such as tracking institutional affiliations across many different years of conferences.
A record for a single work such as a paper, keynote, or session.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*conference |
ForeignKey | The conference where this abstract was submitted/published. (Related model: Conference) |
*title |
CharField | Abstract title |
work_type |
ForeignKey | Abstracts may belong to one type that has been defined by editors based on a survey of all the abstracts in this collection, e.g. "poster", "workshop", "long paper". (Related model: WorkType) |
full_text |
TextField | Full text content of the abstract, including references, but excluding authorship information. |
full_text_type |
CharField | Format of the full text (currently either plain text, or XML) |
full_text_license |
ForeignKey | License of this full text, when known (Related model: License) |
url |
CharField | URL where the full text of this specific abstract can be freely accessed |
parent_session |
ForeignKey | If this work was part of a multi-paper organized session, this is the entry for the parent session (Related model: Work) |
A person who has authored at least one abstract in this database. All attributes of the author are established in the context of a given work, so authors have no inherent/immutable attributes beyond this unique identifier.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField |
A scholarly event with organized presentations, such as a conference, symposium, or workshop.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*year |
PositiveIntegerField | Year the conference was held |
short_title |
CharField | A location-based short title for the conference |
notes |
TextField | Further descriptive information |
url |
CharField | Public URL for the conference and/or conference program |
theme_title |
CharField | Optional thematic title (e.g. 'Big Tent Digital Humanities') |
start_date |
DateField | YYYY-MM-DD |
end_date |
DateField | YYYY-MM-DD |
city |
CharField | City where the conference took place |
state_province_region |
CharField | State, province, or region where the conference was held |
country |
ForeignKey | (Related model: Country) |
references |
TextField | Citations to conference proceedings |
contributors |
TextField | Individuals or organizations who contributed data about this conference |
attendance |
TextField | Summary information about conference attendance, with source links |
*entry_status |
CharField | Have all the abstracts for this conference been entered? |
*program_available |
BooleanField | Is a program for this conference available in some format for editors to input? |
*abstracts_available |
BooleanField | Are the abstracts for this conference available in some format for editors to input? |
search_text |
CharField | Any searchable text that should lead to this conference |
*label |
CharField | General label for this object |
Many-to-many relationships between conferences and their (potentially) multiple organizers.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*organizer |
ForeignKey | (Related model: Organizer) |
*conference |
ForeignKey | (Related model: Conference) |
Many-to-many relationships between conferences and the (potentially) multiple institutions that host them.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*conference |
ForeignKey | (Related model: Conference) |
*institution |
ForeignKey | (Related model: Institution) |
A formalized series of multiple events, such as an annual conference or recurring symposium
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*title |
CharField | Full name |
*abbreviation |
CharField | Display abbreviation |
notes |
TextField | Discursive notes, generally concerning the history of this series |
Many-to-many relationships between conferences and the (potentially) multiple series they belong to.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*series |
ForeignKey | (Related model: ConferenceSeries) |
*conference |
ForeignKey | (Related model: Conference) |
number |
IntegerField | Order of this conference within this series. |
An organizer of academic events, such as a scholarly association or academic center.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*name |
CharField | |
*abbreviation |
CharField | |
notes |
TextField | |
url |
CharField |
Each authorship describes the relationship of an author to a given work, establishing the authors' attributes as they gave them in the official program where the work was presented.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*author |
ForeignKey | The author (Related model: Author) |
*work |
ForeignKey | The work authored. (Related model: Work) |
*authorship_order |
PositiveSmallIntegerField | Authorship order (1-based indexing) |
*appellation |
ForeignKey | The appellation given by the author when they submitted this particular work. (Related model: Appellation) |
Many-to-many relationships between authorships and the (potentially) multiple affiliations given by authors for a given work
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*authorship |
ForeignKey | (Related model: Authorship) |
*affiliation |
ForeignKey | (Related model: Affiliation) |
A name belonging to an author
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
first_name |
CharField | Surname and/or first and middle initials |
last_name |
CharField | Family name |
Institutions such as universities or research centers, with which authors may be affiliated.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*name |
CharField | Institution name |
city |
CharField | City where the institution is located |
state_province_region |
CharField | State, province, or region where the institution is located |
country |
ForeignKey | Country where the institution is located (Related model: Country) |
A sub-unit of an Institution, such as a center, department, library, etc.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
department |
CharField | The name of a department, center, or other subdivision of a larger institution |
*institution |
ForeignKey | The parent institution for this affiliation (Related model: Institution) |
A controlled vocabulary of countries
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*tgn_id |
CharField | Canonical ID in the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names |
*pref_name |
CharField | Preferred label for the country sourced from the Getty TGN |
Author-supplied keywords describing the content of a work
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*title |
CharField |
Many-to-many relationships between works and keywords
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*work |
ForeignKey | (Related model: Work) |
*keyword |
ForeignKey | (Related model: Keyword) |
Conference-specific controlled vocabulary of topics
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*title |
CharField |
Many-to-many relationships between works and topics
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*work |
ForeignKey | (Related model: Work) |
*topic |
ForeignKey | (Related model: Topic) |
Languages in which works are written
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*title |
CharField | |
code |
CharField |
Many-to-many relationships between works and languages
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*work |
ForeignKey | (Related model: Work) |
*language |
ForeignKey | (Related model: Language) |
Controlled vocabulary of work types, such as 'paper' or 'keynote'
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*title |
CharField | |
*is_parent |
BooleanField | Works of this type are considered multi-paper panels/sessions and may contain 'child' abstracts |
Licenses that may be applicable to full texts
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
*id |
AutoField | |
*title |
CharField | Full title of the license |
*full_text |
TextField | Full text of the license |
*display_abbreviation |
CharField | A short, identifiable abbreviation of the license |
url |
CharField | URL with a full description of the licnese |
*default |
BooleanField | Make this license the default license applied to any work whose conference has been set to show all full texts. |