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Expand Up @@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ You can download the latest SQLite release of the [China Biographical Database](

* https://huggingface.co/datasets/cbdb/cbdb-sqlite/blob/main/latest.zip

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## Data Limitations

* The ZZZ releases are now deprecated in favor of views. Use [`create_views.sh`](./scripts/create_views.sh) to create views in the SQLite file.
* The SQLite releases after 2025-05 may not include up-to-date **Index Year** (`BIOG_MAIN.c_index_year`), **Index Year Type Code** (`BIOG_MAIN.c_index_year_type_code`) and **Index Year Source ID** (`BIOG_MAIN.c_index_year_source_id`) information.

## Historical releases

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