Data Wrangling with OpenRefine

Abstract:

OpenRefine (http://openrefine.org/) (ex-Google Refine) is a free, open source, power tool for working with messy data. It provides an easy to use graphical interface with instant preview of transformation, unlimited undo, and faceted browsing of wide variety of tabular and tree shaped data formats including CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, Google Spreadsheets & Fusion Tables, and many more. It also provides facilities to reconcile/match with standard data sources such as Freebase and DBpedia, then use them to extend the dataset with additional columns.

Tom will present an overview of Refine as well as offer a sneak peak at the brand new beta of OpenRefine 2.6.

About Tom:

Tom Morris is the project lead for OpenRefine and an independent consultant with a diverse skill set in software engineering and product management. He's led product teams in four different countries and has a long history of contributions to open source projects. Data wrangling and analysis is one of his primary areas of focus currently.

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