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Introduction

  • Research Handbook for Security Force Monitor
    • About Security Force Monitor
    • About this Research Handbook
    • Contributors
    • Copyright and license

Methodology

  • Research methodology
    • Phase 1: Scope out sources
    • Phase 2: Write a Country Guide
    • Phase 3: Conduct detailed research
    • Phase 4: Publish data
  • Tutorials
    • Recording geographical information
    • Dates and time periods in Security Force Monitor
    • Archiving and retrieving sources from the Internet Archive

Countries

  • Countries
    • Bangladesh
    • Egypt
    • Mexico
    • Myanmar
    • Nigeria
    • Philippines
    • Rwanda
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Uganda

Data Model

  • What data does the Monitor collect?
    • Units, persons and incidents
    • Sample data entry sheets
  • Data integrity measures
    • Data point level evidencing
    • Confidence scores
    • Timebound Data
    • Unknown vs. Unnamed Units
  • Units
    • What are units?
    • Unit: Unique Identifier
    • Unit: Research Owner
    • Unit: Research Status
    • Unit: Research Comments
    • Unit: Name
    • Unit: Other Names
    • Unit: Country
    • Unit: Classification
    • Unit: First Cited Date
    • Unit: First Cited Date is also Unit’s Start Date
    • Unit: Last Cited Date
    • Unit: Last Cited Date is Open-Ended
    • Unit: Type of Relationship
    • Unit: Related Unit Unique Identifier
    • Unit: Related Unit
    • Unit: Related Unit Classification
    • Unit: Related Unit First Cited Date
    • Unit: Unit Relationship Start Date
    • Unit: Related Unit Last Cited Date
    • Unit: Related Unit is Open-Ended
    • Unit: Location Type
    • Unit: Base Name
    • Unit: Location
    • Unit: Location First Cited Date
    • Unit: Location was Founded on First Cited Date
    • Unit: Location Last Cited Date
    • Unit: Location Last Cited Date is Open-Ended
    • Unit: Notes
  • Persons
    • What are persons?
    • Person: Unique Identier
    • Person: Research Owner
    • Person: Research Status
    • Person: Research Comments
    • Person: Name
    • Person: Other Names
    • Person: Country
    • Person:: Unique Identifier of Posting Unit
    • Person: Name of Posting Unit
    • Person: Posting Role
    • Person: Posting Title
    • Person: Posting Rank
    • Person: Posting First Cited Date
    • Person: Posting First Cited Date is Start Date
    • Person: Context for Posting Start Date
    • Person: Posting Last Cited Date
    • Person: Posting Last Cited Date is End Date
    • Person: Context for Posting End Date
    • Person: Notes
  • Persons Extra
    • Person Extra: Name
    • Person Extra: Unique Identifier
    • Person Extra: Gender
    • Person Extra: Date of Birth
    • Person Extra: Deceased
    • Person Extra: Date of Death
    • Person Extra: Account Type
    • Person Extra: Account Identity
    • Person Extra: External Link Description
    • Person Extra: Media Description
    • Person Extra: Notes
  • Incidents
    • What are incidents?
    • Incident: Unique Identifying Number
    • Incident: Research Owner
    • Incident: Research Status
    • Incident: Research Comments
    • Incident: Start Date
    • Incident: End Date
    • Incident: Date of Publication
    • Incident: Date of Last Update
    • Incident: Status as of Last Update
    • Incident: Location Description
    • Incident: Location
    • Incident: Violation type
    • Incident: Violation Description
    • Incident: Perpetrator Person Unique Identifier
    • Incident: Perpetrator Person Name
    • Incident: Perpetrator Unit Unique Identifier
    • Incident: Perpetrator Unit Name
    • Incident: Perpetrator classification
    • Incident: Source
  • Locations
    • What are Locations?
    • Location: Research Status
    • Location: Research Comments
    • Location: Unique Identifier
    • Location: Human-Readable Unique Identifier
    • Location: Object Name
    • Location: Object Identifier
    • Location: Object Geometry Type
    • Location: Origin
    • Location: Source
    • Location: Country
    • Location: Admin Level
    • Location: Admin Level 10
    • Location: Admin Level 9
    • Location: Admin Level 8
    • Location: Admin Level 7
    • Location: Admin Level 6
    • Location: Admin Level 5
    • Location: Admin Level 4
    • Location: Admin Level 3
    • Location: Admin Level 2
    • Location: Notes
    • Location: First Check Time
    • Location: Last Check Time
    • Location: Error
    • Location: “As of” Date
  • Sources
    • What are sources?
    • Sources and Access Points
    • Source: Research Comments
    • Source: Restricted
    • Source: External Archive
    • Source: Access Point Unique Identifier
    • Source: Type
    • Source: Title
    • Source: Author
    • Source: Source URL
    • Source: Creation Date and Time
    • Source: Upload Date and Time
    • Source: Publication Date and Time
    • Source: Access Date and Time
    • Source: Access Point Type
    • Source: Access Point Trigger
    • Source: Access Point Archive URL
    • Source: Access Point Archive Timestamp
    • Source: Publication Country
    • Source: Publication Name
    • Source: Publication Unique Identifier

WhoWasInCommand

  • Frequently Asked Questions about WhoWasInCommand
    • What is WhoWasInCommand?
    • How do I find what I’m looking for?
    • Where can I find help understanding what I’m seeing or how this website works?
    • Where can I find out more about the data on “units”, “persons” and “incidents”?
    • How can I see all the units for a particular country?
    • Why does WhoWasInCommand make suggestions to me?
    • How do I see the sources used for a specific datapoint?
    • What are those little numbered circles that keep appearing?
    • Why do some dates have a dotted line beneath them and some don’t?
    • The command chart is taking a looooong time to load. Is there a problem?
  • Unit Records on WhoWasInCommand
    • Unit record: Title area
    • Unit record: Content sidebar
    • Unit record: Areas of Operation
    • Unit record: Sites
    • Unit record: Memberships
    • Unit record: Member units
    • Unit record: Parent units
    • Unit record: Unit subsidiaries
    • Unit record: Unit personnel
    • Unit record: Unit incidents
  • Person records on WhoWasInCommand
    • Person record: Title area
    • Person record: Content sidebar
    • Person record: Person “Last Seen As”
    • Person record: Person memberships
    • Person record: Chain of command
    • Person record: Superiors
    • Person record: Subordinates
  • Incident Records on WhoWasInCommand
    • Incident record: Title area
    • Incident record: Content sidebar
    • Incident record: Location
    • Incident record: Description
    • Incident record: Perpetrator units
  • What data can I download from WhoWasInCommand?
    • Data for download
    • How to download
    • Contents of each download
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Introduction

  • Research Handbook for Security Force Monitor

Methodology

  • Research methodology
  • Tutorials

Countries

  • Countries

Data Model

  • What data does the Monitor collect?
  • Data integrity measures
  • Units
  • Persons
  • Persons Extra
  • Incidents
  • Locations
  • Sources

WhoWasInCommand

  • Frequently Asked Questions about WhoWasInCommand
  • Unit Records on WhoWasInCommand
  • Person records on WhoWasInCommand
  • Incident Records on WhoWasInCommand
  • What data can I download from WhoWasInCommand?
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