linking-information-queries

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

Copyright (c) 2025 Nikolas Kapralos

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