Vernica Downey vmdowney

A regular expression is a string that describes a text pattern occurring in other strings, m'kay.

With which one can go quite far.

* metacharacters
* character escapes \
* anchors \A\Z or ^$

How to use Gephi to visualize from Wikidata

I'm a long-time fan of the graph visualization tool Gephi and since Wikimania 2019 I got involved with Wikidata. I was aware of the Gephi plugin "Semantic Web Importer", but when I check it out, I only find old tutorials connecting to DBpedia, not Wikidata:

Each citation includes an abstract or annotation. Feel free to suggest an addition!

Davis, Robin Camille. 2015. “Git and GitHub for Librarians.” Publications and Research, January. https://academicworks.cuny.edu/jj_pubs/34.

One of the fastest-growing professional social networks is GitHub, an online space to share code. GitHub is based on free and open-source software called Git, a version control system used in many digital projects, from library websites to government data portals to scientific research. For projects that involve developing code and collaborating with others, Git is an invaluable tool; it also creates a backup system and structured documentation. In this article, we examine version control, the particulars of Git, the burgeoning social network of GitHub, and how Git can be an archival tool.

	"""
	Simple script to search a Z39.50 target using Python
	and PyZ3950.
	"""

	from PyZ3950 import zoom


	ISBNs = ['9781905017799', '9780596513986']

	#!/usr/bin/env python

	"""
	This is mainly a demonstration of OCLC's experimental Worldcat Live API [1]
	from Python. You should be able to use this module like so:

	import worldcat_live

	for item in worldcat_live.items():
	print item["title"]

	// XPath CheatSheet
	// To test XPath in your Chrome Debugger: $x('/html/body')
	// http://www.jittuu.com/2012/2/14/Testing-XPath-In-Chrome/


	// 0. XPath Examples.
	// More: http://xpath.alephzarro.com/content/cheatsheet.html


	'//hr[@class="edge" and position()=1]' // every first hr of 'edge' class

	from itertools import chain, starmap

	def flatten_json_iterative_solution(dictionary):
	"""Flatten a nested json file"""

	def unpack(parent_key, parent_value):
	"""Unpack one level of nesting in json file"""
	# Unpack one level only!!!

	if isinstance(parent_value, dict):

	<data>
	{
	for $Record in /ead

	where $Record/archdesc/scopecontent/p[contains(., 'Mrs')]

	let $id := $Record/archdesc/did/unitid[1]/text()
	let $title := $Record/archdesc/did/unittitle
	let $repo := $Record/eadheader/eadid/@mainagencycode
	let $scopeMrs := $Record/archdesc/scopecontent/p[contains(., 'Mrs')]

	""" Adaptation of Kelly Bolding's Terms of Aggrandizement xquery script to report on aggrandizing
	language in archival finding aid "Biography or History" (bioghist) notes.

	The original script uses xquery on a directory of EAD XML files, and produces an XML report.
	This version uses Python to query the ArchivesSpace REST API, and produces a JSON report.
	"""

	import re
	import json
	from asnake.aspace import ASpace