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== Original Dataset and Project History ==
The data used to seed this instance is migrated from the IAWA Biographical Database (IAWAdb), a now defunct resource that anyone could add information to, which was then moderated on the back-end by an account administrator. Although the IAWAdb had long been minimally functional and difficult to update, in 2023, an institutionally mandated security upgrade to the software running the database would have required significant time and staffing resources to maintain usability. After the data was exported, the IAWAdb was retired with the understanding that the data would eventually be migrated to a new platform. 

=== Divergence Between Physical Collections and Data ===
Because the original data source included women architects regardless of whether they were represented in the physical IAWA collections, the Wikibase may contain some entries for women who have no corresponding archival representation among IAWA collections. 

=== Data Quality ===
Due to its crowdsourced nature, IAWAdb records and data varied drastically in their completeness, authority, and overall quality. Misspellings and name variants also resulted in duplication of some records. As part of the cleanup process, the exported data has been de-duplicated, names have been standardized and reconciled with existing authority records, and dead source links have been removed. 

=== Leveraging Linked Data ===