A survey of OpenRefine reconciliation services
arXiv:1906.08092v212 citations
AI Analysis
This is an incremental analysis for users of data cleaning tools like OpenRefine.
The paper reviewed OpenRefine reconciliation services, finding that their API design yields matching scores that are unhelpful for guiding decisions, suggesting API improvements could enhance user workflows.
We review the services implementing the OpenRefine reconciliation API, comparing their design to the state of the art in record linkage. Due to the design of the API, the matching scores returned by the services are of little help to guide matching decisions. This suggests possible improvements to the specifications of the API, which could improve user workflows by giving more control over the scoring mechanism to the client.