LittleSis
| LittleSis is a free database of who-knows-who at the heights of business and government | ||
| Home page | http://littlesis.org/ | |
| Approach | LittleSis is a database of relationships between influential actors, gathered either by individuals or automatically from trusted sources. It aims to support investigations and network visualizations of all kinds to expose influential networks. | |
| Phase | Released | |
| Tags | LittleSis, database, influence, and relationships | |
| Practices | Collect | |
| Project Start Date | 2008 |
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| Launch Date | 2009 |
| Most Recent Update | 2015 |
| Update Frequency | true |
| Thematic Focus | Exposure |
| Issue addressed | Relationships between influential actors |
| Geographic Focus | World |
Experience
How does a user interact with and navigate the project?
| Query | true |
|---|---|
| Lists | true |
| Network Visualisation | true |
| Other Visualisation | true |
| Raw Data | true |
Description
Summary of the project and its approach
| LittleSis is a free database detailing the connections between powerful people and organizations. | |
| Approach (How?) | LittleSis is a database of relationships between influential actors, gathered either by individuals or automatically from trusted sources. It aims to support investigations and network visualizations of all kinds to expose influential networks. |
| Language | English |
| Commissioner | Public Accoutability Initiative |
| Publisher | LittleSis |
Impact
Indicators of reach and impact of the project.
Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : International Twitter : (3046 followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : Online Rank : Google: 5 Alexa: 452243 OSE Domain Authority Rank: 43/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 54/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Very High Offline Audience Reached : International Outcome : LittleSis has enabled activists and journalists to expose and report on links between people in the halls of power and corporations Last updated : 7/12/2015 Attempts against the project : /Technology
What tools and code were used to create the project?
Tech Best Practices: : : : Code Repository : https://github.com/littlesis-org/littlesis : Tool : : : : Database : : Frontend : : : : : Backend : : : : : Data Format : : Data Standard : Technical Documentation URL : : Technical Architecture Documentation : Schema Documentation : http://api.littlesis.org/documentation Design Documentation : API Documentation :Data Sources
Data Sources : : : : : :Team
Team size and expertise
Team Size : Team Experience : Research : Some Data Science : Dedicated Engineering : Dedicated Design : DedicatedProject Methodology
What strategies were in place for managing the project?
Project Methodology : Open Source : true Open Data : true Budget : Contracting : Risk Planning : Sustainability Planning :Documented Practices
Documentation about project practices
Practices
How projects handle different aspects of data management
Data Modeling : Relational Ethical Collection : Ethical Storage : Data Collection : External Sources Data Collection : Data Verification : Data Cleaning : Data Analysis : Data Description : Data Licensing : Ethical Publishing : Signed project Ethical Publishing : Data Publishing Mode : API