Blocklib

blocklib is a python implementation of record linkage blocking techniques. Blocking is a technique that makes record linkage scalable. It is achieved by partitioning datasets into groups, called blocks and only comparing records in corresponding blocks. This can reduce the number of comparisons that need to be conducted to find which pairs of records should be linked.

Note that it is part of the anonlink system which includes libraries for encoding, command line tools and Rest API:

• clkhash

• anonlink-client

• anonlink

• anonlink-entity-service

Blocklib is Apache 2.0 licensed, supports Python version 3.6+ and run on Windows, OSX and Linux.

Install with pip:

pip install blocklib

Table of Contents

• Tutorials
  • Blocking API
• Blocking Schema
  • Basic Structure
  • Example Schema
  • Schema Components
• Python API
  • Block Generator
  • Blocks
  • Base PPRL Index
  • Signature Generator
  • P-Sig
  • Lambda Fold
  • Internal
  • Encoding
• Development
  • Testing
  • Type Checking
• Devops
  • GitHub Actions
• References

External Links

• blocklib on Github

• blocklib on Pypi