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license: cc0-1.0
task_categories:
  - text-generation
pretty_name: GATT Library

GATT Library Dataset Card

Dataset Overview

Dataset Name: GATT Library

Description: The GATT Library dataset comprises a comprehensive collection of documents related to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), spanning from January 1, 1946, to September 6, 1996. This dataset is organized into a single Parquet file, which contains detailed information about the documents, including metadata extracted from the original files. The original files are stored in a tar.gz archive, organized into folders.

Languages Covered (based on a sample of 10,000 entries):

English (en): 7,878 documents
French (fr): 1,357 documents
Unknown (Unknown): 486 documents
Spanish (es): 261 documents
Catalan (ca): 12 documents
Portuguese (pt): 4 documents
German (de): 2 documents

Total Number of Documents: 60,182

Total Number of Words: 133,196,586

Average Number of Words per Document: 2,213.23

Total Number of Characters: 941,277,211

Average Number of Characters per Document: 15,640.51

Date Range: January 1, 1946 to September 6, 1996

Dataset Structure

The dataset is stored in a single Parquet file, which contains the following metadata for each document:

source: The source of the document.
document_id: A unique identifier for the document.
title: The title of the document.
short_title: A shorter version of the document title.
author: The author of the document.
date: The publication date of the document.
type_of_document: The type of document.
identifier: An identifier for the document.
link: A link to the document.
file: The file name.
folder: The folder where the document is stored.
word_count: Total number of words in the document.
character_count: Total number of characters in the document.
text: Full text content of the document.

Each Parquet file is accompanied by the original XML files collected into tar.gz files, one for each Parquet file.

Usage

The dataset can be used for various purposes including, but not limited to:

Analyzing historical trade documents and agreements.
Studying the evolution and impact of GATT on international trade.
Developing natural language processing models to analyze the content of trade documents.
Extracting insights related to trade policies and their implementation over time.

Source

The dataset is collected from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) archive. The original files are processed and converted into Parquet format for efficient storage and analysis.

Dataset Citation

If you use this dataset in your research, please cite it as follows:

@dataset{GATT_Library_2024,
  title={GATT Library Dataset},
  author={Pleias},
  year={2024},
  description={Collection of GATT-related documents, organized by date and language, with detailed metadata extracted from the original files.}
}