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Classes

ADataSource

Abstract base class for reading data from external sources.

Methods:

• write_data_dump(self)
• process_data(self)

ZBMathSource(ADataSource)

Class for reading data from the zbMath API using the listRecords endpoint.

Methods:

• __init__(self, out_dir, tags, from_date=None, until_date=None, raw_dump_path=None)
  • parameters:
    • out_dir: output directory for data dump and processed data
    • tags: tags to look for in xml
    • from_date: earliest publication date; default is None
    • until_date: latest publication date; default is None
    • raw_dump_path: if a data dump has already been created and only process_data should be called, this is required
• write_data_dump(self)
  • overrides abstract method
  • uses sickle to query zbMath API with the oai_zb_preview metadata prefix and write a complete raw data dump
• process_data(self)
  • overrides abstract method
  • reads data dump and outputs a file with the processed data in csv format
  • processes each record from zbMath API response separately to reduce memory requirements
  • where there is no information for the tags author, document_title, language, keywords, publication_year or serial, the doi is queried with the Crossref API using the habanero package to retrieve this information; if nothing is found, the value is set to None

Data sources

zbMath

• website: https://zbmath.org/
• OAI: https://oai.zbmath.org/