The Kinomatics Australian Film Production Dataset

This is the public repository for the Kinomatics Australian Film Production Dataset, a large, curated dataset describing Australian feature film production and personnel from 1975 to 2022. Here, we briefly describe the contents of this repository, which are explained in more detail in the dataset's technical documentation. Repository contents Data files There are two main data files that form this dataset. The first is films.csv, a table where each row corresponds to a unique film in the dataset, and the columns contain variables describing those films. The second is roles.csv, a table where each row corresponds to an instance of a person filling a role on a film, and the columns contain variables describing that role (including identifiers for the film and the person). Documentation The technical documentation of the dataset is contained in the technical_documentation.odt file. Here, we provide a detailed account of the data collection, validation and preparation processes. We also provide tables describing each column in each of the data files. We have also written a research data paper to accompany the dataset, which focuses less on the technical details and more on motivating the dataset itself and the decisions we made in deciding its scope and coverage. This data paper has been submitted for peer review, and a copy of the initially submitted manuscript can be found in the file preprint.pdf. Change log The file changelog.pdf documents changes between released versions of the dataset. Issues For any issues related to the dataset or this repository, please contact either of the lead authors Pete Jones ([e-mail]) or Deb Verhoeven ([e-mail]) and let us know what the problem is and how we can fix it.

本仓库为《澳大利亚电影制作数据集（Kinomatics Australian Film Production Dataset）》的公开存储库，该数据集为经精心整理的大型数据集，涵盖1975年至2022年间澳大利亚故事片的制作情况与从业人员信息。下文将简要介绍本仓库的内容，更详细的说明请参阅数据集的技术文档。

存储库内容
数据文件：本数据集包含两个核心数据文件。其一为films.csv，该表格的每一行对应数据集中的一部独立影片，各列字段用于描述对应影片的各类属性；其二为roles.csv，该表格的每一行对应一名人员在某部影片中担任某一职务的记录，各列字段用于描述该职务的相关信息（包含影片与人员的唯一标识符）。

文档：数据集的技术说明存储于technical_documentation.odt文件中，本文档详细阐述了数据的采集、验证与预处理流程，并对两个数据文件的各列字段进行了逐一说明。此外，本数据集配套有一篇研究数据论文，该论文侧重介绍数据集本身的构建背景与范围划定依据，而非仅聚焦技术细节。该论文已提交同行评审，初始提交的手稿副本可在preprint.pdf文件中获取。

更新日志：changelog.pdf文件记录了数据集各发布版本间的更新变更内容。

问题反馈：若您在使用本数据集或访问该存储库时遇到任何问题，请联系主要作者之一的皮特·琼斯（Pete Jones，邮箱：[e-mail]）或黛布·弗霍文（Deb Verhoeven，邮箱：[e-mail]），并告知具体问题与修复建议。