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15- ## Quantifying the Commons: The end of an era.
15+ ## Quantifying the Commons: The end of an era
1616
1717Dear gentle reader,
1818
@@ -41,15 +41,15 @@ articles, tested, iterated and improvised functions and mechanisms. I improved
4141on my data structure and algorithm skills, I had to cater for test cases,
4242limitations and risk. Risk in the sense that the system is exposed to change
4343because the data is live and dynamic from the API. This is what I did in the
44- first half of my internship here [ first half blog post ]
45- (https://opensource.creativecommons.org/blog/entries/2026-01-22-My-outreachy-journey/ ).
44+ first half of my internship here
45+ [ first half blog post ] ( https://opensource.creativecommons.org/blog/entries/2026-01-22-My-outreachy-journey/ ) .
4646I would be focusing on the second half of the internship in this blog post. A
4747big part of the project is ensuring the integrity of data is in sync with the
4848efficiency of the automation process.
4949
5050
51- ### I worked on completing the automation process for the Smithsonian quarterly
52- report
51+ ### Automating the Smithsonian quarterly report
52+
5353Smithsonian is one of the largest public institutions in the United States. It
5454has a total of 38 units/data sources like museums, zoos and libraries as of when
5555I worked on it. We derived insights on the usage of CC0 license across the media
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ changes in the next automation process. This was the best way possible at the
6565moment to handle the sudden unit code, so that our data is quite predictable and
6666updated.
6767
68- ### I also worked on completing the automation process for the Arxiv quarterly
69- report
68+ ### Automating the arXiv quarterly report
7069
7170Arxiv is a curated research-sharing platform with 5 million monthly active users
7271and hosts 2.6 million research papers. We derived quite interesting insights
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ include the count of legal tools on a yearly basis and various comparative
7675analysis of the tools over the years. We also explored the breakdown of these
7776tools usage in different categories.
7877
79- ## Lessons learnt:
78+ ## Lessons learned
8079I learnt so much about creating a structure when solving a problem. It is quite
8180easier to debug and it presents a detailed workflow for future contributors to
8281understand what has been done previously. It literally boils down to how you
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