1. The Python files & code

Danger

We strongly suggest that you contact the db creator (manuel.gigena@kuleuven.be) prior to modifying the .py files.

We used python to build the database. All scripts are located in the folder named ./00_py_scripts, and we wrote separate scripts for each part of the database— i.e., education, experience, construction of tables, web scrapers, etc— as well as for functions.

1.1. The .py files

The files whose names begin with <Sxx> contain the scripts for different parts, the files whose names begin with <fxx> contain functions which are called from the <Sxx> files.

The contents of the .py files are lightly documented, but we discourage users from modifying them in any way.

1.2. Updating the database

The csv files in the ./04_tables folder are not updated automatically after a change in the parameter file (e.g., if you modify the dictionary files that sort job titles into functional areas by adding new keywords). There are inter-dependencies between the .py files, hence we suggest you execute them in the following order:

1. S07_matching_company_names.py

2. S01_match_school_names

3. S09_make_tables

4. S14_make_dyads_tables

5. S15_make_documentation_tables

6. S16_ext_1

Updating the complete db

The complete db, tables and documentation can be updated at once running the S17_make_be_founders_db.py file. This executes the .py files in the right order and with their parameters set at their default value (e.g., the thresholds for the fuzzy matching).