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Show HN: GRID, a free database of the world's research organisations

• IanCal 11y ago
  We've been building this for a while and now have our first public release! It's a database of 48,598 research organisations around the world, many with added metadata. CC-BY, so you can grab it and use it in commercial applications. It's been useful internally and we wanted to share it. You can download the full db here: https://www.grid.ac/downloads https://www.grid.ac/downloads (the JSON version has all the metadata, the CSV is there for ease of integration with basic info) or explore what's present here: https://www.grid.ac/institutes https://www.grid.ac/institutes And a final link, the announcement blog post: http://www.digital-science.com/blog/news/digital-science-launches-grid-a-new-global-open-database-offering-unique-information-on-research-organisations/ http://www.digital-science.com/blog/news/digital-science-lau... [I was asked to resubmit this, if you've seen it yesterday!]
• MatthewWilkes 11y ago
  Perhaps it's just me, but "GRID" rather than "Grid" has unfortunate connotations.
  • IanCal 11y ago
    I'm not sure I follow, what are the connotations for you? The capital letters were just chosen because it's an acronym.
    • riveravaldez 11y ago
      I guess he means "GREED", maybe, by the sound of the word, ?
    • MatthewWilkes 11y ago
      GRID is the old, now rather offensive name for AIDS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay-related_immune_deficiency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay-related_immune_deficiency
      • IanCal 11y ago
        Ah, that is rather unfortunate. Thanks for the heads-up.