Open data
We provide different sets of meta-data concerning the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (HDS).
Article lists
The lists of HDS articles are given for different categories and languages:
French
German
Italian
Romansh
(upload date: 12/10/2026)
License: CC-0
Format: UTF-8 CSV.
Fields are:
- ID: internal HDS ID
- Lemma, Complement, Precision: parts of the article titles
- URL: URL on the eDHS.
Format: UTF-8 CSV.
Fields are:
- ID: internal HDS ID
- Lemma, Complement, Precision: parts of the article titles
- URL: URL on the eDHS.
Authority Files
We provide two files linking HDS ID with GND and VIAF:
GND Beacon file
(25951 entries - upload date: 05/10/2026)
VIAF Beacon file
(22237 entries - upload date: 05/10/2026)
Authors information
We provide information about the authors of all the articles of the HDS:
French
German
Italian
Romansh
(upload date: 05/10/2026)
License: CC-0
Format: XML.
Fields are:
- ID: internal HDS ID of the article
- ENTRY: title of the article
- NAME: name of the author
Format: XML.
Fields are:
- ID: internal HDS ID of the article
- ENTRY: title of the article
- NAME: name of the author