#OpenRefine
OpenRefine is a power tool that allows you to load data, understand it, clean it up, reconcile it to master database, and augment it with data coming from Freebase or other web sources. All with the comfort and privacy of your own computer.
###Where can I get more information?
Look at the OpenRefine web site http://openrefine.org and the wiki http://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/wiki
###Licensing and legal issues
OpenRefine is open source software and is licensed under the BSD license located in the LICENSE.txt. See that file also for information on open source libraries that OpenRefine depends on.
###Credits
This software was created by Metaweb Technologies, Inc. and originally written and conceived by David Huynh dfhuynh@google.com. Metaweb Technologies, Inc. was acquired by Google, Inc. in July 2010 and the product was renamed Google Refine. In October 2012, it was renamed OpenRefine as it transitioned to a community-supported product.
This is the full list of contributors (in chronological order):
- David Huynh dfhuynh@google.com
- Stefano Mazzocchi stefanom@google.com
- Vishal Talwar vtalwar@google.com
- Jeff Fry jfry@google.com
- Will Moffat wdm@google.com
- James Home jameshome@google.com
- Iain Sproat iainsproat@gmail.com
- Tom Morris tfmorris@gmail.com
- Heather Campbell campbellh@google.com
- Thad Guidry thadguidry@gmail.com
- Paul Makepeace paulm@paulm.com
- Tomaž Šolc tomaz.solc@zemanta.com
- Gabriel Sjoberg GabrielSjoberg@gmail.com
- Rod Salazar rodrod.salazar@gmail.com
- pxb pxb1988@gmail.com
We welcome additional contributors if you'd like to help out.
Thank you for your interest.
The OpenRefine Development Team http://openrefine.org