table_name,type,name,description,comment
view_party,integer,cmp,Comparative Manifestos Project (CMP) party ID (Budge ea. 2001; Klingemann ea. 2006),
view_party,integer,euprofiler,EU Profiler (Trechsel/Mair 2009) party ID,
view_party,integer,ees,European Election Study (2009) party ID,
view_party,integer,castles_mair,Castles/Mair (1983) expert survey party ID --  combined from number of country and number of party entry in data table (pp. 75--83),
view_party,integer,huber_inglehart,Huber/Inglehart (1995) expert survey party ID -- combined from number of country and number of party entry in Appendix 2 (pp. 92--108),
view_party,integer,ray,Ray (1999) expert survey party ID -- combined country ID and party ID,
view_party,integer,benoit_laver,Benoit/Laver (2006) expert survey party ID -- row number of first party entry in original data set,
view_party,integer,chess,Chapel Hill expert survey series (CHESS) party ID (Hooghe ea. 2010; Marks/Steenbergen 2007),
view_party,integer,country_id,ParlGov unique identifier for each country. Other tables refer to this variable as 'country_id'.,
view_party,integer,party_id,party id,
view_party,integer,family_id,ParlGov unique party family identifier -- see table 'info_id' for a description,
view_election,integer,seats,number of seats won by party,Seats coded for alliance members if information available. Coded as 0 for parties that won no seats and as missing value for electoral alliances if seats are coded at the level of alliance members.
view_election,integer,seats_total,total number of seats,
view_election,integer,country_id,ParlGov unique identifier for each country. Other tables refer to this variable as 'country_id'.,
view_election,integer,election_id,ParlGov unique identifier for national and EP elections. Other tables refer to this variable as 'election_id'.,
view_election,integer,previous_parliament_election_id,'election_id' of previous national parliament election in the country,
view_election,integer,previous_cabinet_id,'cabinet_id' of incumbent government,
view_election,integer,party_id,ParlGov unique party identifier. Variable name 'id' in 'party' table and 'party_id' in all other tables.,
view_cabinet,integer,seats,number of seats in parliament,"In versions prior to ParlGov 11/07, the number of seats was based on seats won at the last election (table 'election_result'). It does now take into account changes in parliament -- see documentation for table 'viewcalc_parliament_composition'."
view_cabinet,integer,election_seats_total,seats total in parliament,
view_cabinet,integer,country_id,ParlGov unique identifier for each country. Other tables refer to this variable as 'country_id'.,
view_cabinet,integer,election_id,ParlGov unique identifier for national and EP elections. Other tables refer to this variable as 'election_id'.,
view_cabinet,integer,cabinet_id,ParlGov unique identifier for each cabinet. Variable name 'id' in 'cabinet' table and 'cabinet_id' in all other tables.,
view_cabinet,integer,previous_cabinet_id,'cabinet_id' of previous national cabinet in the country,
view_cabinet,integer,party_id,ParlGov unique party identifier. Variable name 'id' in 'party' table and 'party_id' in all other tables.,