JSON File Format - grid.json

Key	Type	Required	Description
version	String	True	The database release version number
institutes	[Institute]	True	A list of all institute records

Institute format

There are three main states a record can be in: active, obsolete and redirected.

Active

The most common type, these are currently considered to be valid records.

Main format

Key	Type	Required	Description
id	String	True	A unique ID for the institute
name	String	True	The name typically used to refer to the institute.
status	String	True	For an active institute, this is always set to "active"
aliases	[String]	False	A list of other names the institute is known as
acronyms	[String]	False	A list of short acronyms the institute is known as (e.g. MRC for the Medical Research Council)
types	[String]	False	A list of types describing the institute. For an explanation of valid values see our policies
wikipedia_url	String	False	URL of the wikipedia page for the institute
email_address	String	False	A contact email address for the institute
ip_addresses	[String]	False	IP addresses known to belong to the institute
established	Integer	False	The year the institute opened, CE
links	[String]	False	An array of URLs linking to things like the homepage for the institute
relationships	[Relationship]	False	Any relationships the institute has to others. See our policies for more details
external_ids	External IDs	False	Other IDs known to refer to the institute. See our policies for more details
addresses	[Address]	True	An array of addresses associated with the institute, address format described
labels	[Labels]	True	The name of the institute in different languages

Relationship format

Key	Type	Required	Description
type	String	True	The relationship type, see our policies for more details on the types and the meaning of these
label	String	True	The name of the related institute
id	String	True	The unique ID of the related institute

External ID format

Key	Type	Required	Description
External ID Type	External ID Type	True	An object mapping the external ID name to a list of all IDs and a preferred ID if one exists.

External ID Type

Key	Type	Required	Description
preferred	String	True	The preferred ID for this type, or null if none are preferred
all	[String]	True	A list of all IDs in the "External ID Type" format

Address format

Key	Type	Required	Description
city	String	True	The name of the city
country	String	True	The name of the country
country_code	String	True	The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country
lat	Float	False	Latitute of the institute
lng	Float	False	Longitude of the institute
line_1	String	False	First line of the address
line_2	String	False	Second line of the address
line_3	String	False	Third line of the address
postcode	String	False	The postcode/zipcode
primary	Boolean	True	If there is more than one address, identifies the main location
state	String	False	The name of the state/region
state_code	String	False	The ISO 3166-2 region code
geonames_city	Geoname	False	The linked GeoNames data

GeoNames format

Key	Type	Required	Description
id	String	True	The GeoNames ID
city	String	True	The name of the city
geonames_admin1	Region	True	The admin1 region in GeoNames, documented here
geonames_admin2	Region	True	The admin2 region in GeoNames, documented here
nuts_level1	Region	True	The NUTS level 1 region the GeoNames city is in, documented here
nuts_level2	Region	True	The NUTS level 2 region the GeoNames city is in, documented here
nuts_level3	Region	True	The NUTS level 3 region the GeoNames city is in, documented here

Region format

Key	Type	Required	Description
id	String	True	The ID in the region format
name	String	True	The name of the region
ascii_name	String	False	A preferred ASCII encoded name for the region

Labels format

Key	Type	Required	Description
label	[String]	True	The institute name in a language variant
iso639	[String]	True	The ISO-639-1 language code

Redirected

If a duplicate is found in the database, the records are merged. To ensure that both IDs continue to resolve to the correct record, one is chosen as a master record and the other is set to redirect to the master.

Key	Type	Required	Description
id	String	True	A unique ID for the institute
status	String	True	Set to "redirected" in this case
redirect	String	True	The ID of the institute which should now be used

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CSV Format

Institutes file - grid.csv

Column	Type	Required	Description
ID	String	True	A unique ID for the institute
Name	String	True	The name typically used to refer to the institute
City	String	True	The name of the city
State	String	False	The name of the state/region
Country	String	True	The name of the country

Full tables

The full_tables directory contains the following files of institute data:

• acronyms.csv
• addresses.csv
• aliases.csv
• external_ids.csv
• geonames.csv
• institutes.csv
• labels.csv
• links.csv
• relationships.csv
• types.csv

Each file is indexed by grid_id which corresponds to ID in the main grid.csv file, except for geonames.csv which is indexed by the geonames_city_id used in addresses.csv.