User:Romaine/Wikidata
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THE VALUE OF WIKIDATA FOR YOUR GLAM-INSTITUTION
WIKIDATA is a database that can be edited jointly by the public. Wikidata supports the more than 280 language versions of Wikipedia as a common source of structured data. This data can be used in all the articles of the free encyclopedia and is also free to re-use by other interested parties. With Wikidata it is easy to connect a concept to its representation in many human languages, as well as in machine-readable representation in authority files and databases.
A DATABASE - FREE TO USE
Maintained in one place, ready for use anywhere! For example, a sourced birth date of a well known artist can now be used on all language versions of Wikipedia when it is stored in Wikidata. All the data in the database has a CC0 license, which means that the material can be used free of charge and without limitations.
Wikidata has been designed to support both the community that creates Wikipedia and the use by third parties who want to use a large amount of curated data. For example, some metadata from museums are included in Wikidata and linked with data from other organisations. The information can be sourced so that it is clear which knowledge institution has contributed the information, and to ensure the quality.
<>Wikidata makes it easy to include the museum's information on the various Wikipedia versions allowing Wikidata effectively to reduce the maintenance burden.</> The information need only be kept in one place and it will also be possible to automatically create lists and timelines instead of spending lots of time in creating and updating them by hand. Being able to rely on data collected by a much larger community saves a lot of work for volunteers who contribute to Wikipedias in small languages.
It's never been easier to spread your knowledge to the world.
DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT
The initial development of Wikidata was led by Wikimedia Deutschland, the German local association of the Wikimedia movement. Funding was provided by the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence [AI]², Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Google Inc. Wikidata was then passed to the Wikimedia Foundation for further development and maintenance. Wikimedia Belgium is here to help your organisation if you are thinking of how you can use Wikidata.
WHAT YOU CAN BRING TO WIKIDATA
- Share metadata about your artwork and artists. This gives you greater visibility and outreach to a large audience.
- Source statements in areas where you are authoritative, which is another way to increase your visibility and use of your research.
- Research on the structured data available on Wikidata to enrich your exhibitions. For example, how many female respectively male artists have you bought art from in the different time periods?
WHAT YOU CAN USE WIKIDATA FOR
- You can visualize your data in new ways without having to build tools for it yourself. Tools such as Reasonator (see for example bit.ly/royalarmoury) can neatly package the data in various ways.
- Finding advanced information on relevant collections or works. For example, how many institutions have works of type X placed in a castle which is a World Heritage Site?
- Reuse and update your own databases with improved meta data from Wikidata. For example, translations of descriptions or keywords.
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THE VALUE OF WIKIDATA FOR YOUR RESEARCH
WIKIDATA is a database that can be edited jointly by the public. Wikidata supports the more than 280 language versions of Wikipedia as a common source of structured data. This data can be used in all the articles of the free encyclopedia and is also free to re-use by other interested parties. With Wikidata it is easy to connect vocabulary and also captures the concept in different languages.
A DATABASE - FREE TO USE
Maintained in one place, ready for use anywhere! For example, population data can be used on all Wikipedia language versions when it is stored in Wikidata. All the data in the database has a CC0 license, which means that the material can be used free of charge and without limitations.
Wikidata has been designed to support both the community that creates Wikipedia and the use by third parties who want to use a large amount of curated data. For example, amounts of aggregated data from research projects can be included in Wikidata and linked with data from other organisations. The information can be sourced so that it is clear which research projects contributed the information, and to ensure the quality.
Wikidata then makes it easy to include aggregated research data on the various Wikipedia versions. Wikidata effectively reduces the maintenance burden when all data is maintained in one place. Practical lists and timelines can be created automatically, instead of having to manually update. Being able to rely on data collected by a much larger community raises the quality and saves a lot of work for volunteers who contribute to Wikipedias in small languages.
It's never been easier to spread your knowledge to the world.
DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT
The initial development of Wikidata was led by Wikimedia Deutschland, the German local association of the Wikimedia movement. Funding was provided by the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence [AI]², Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Google Inc. Wikidata was then passed to the Wikimedia Foundation for further development and maintenance. Wikimedia Belgium is here to help your organisation if you are thinking of how you can use Wikidata.
WHAT YOU CAN BRING TO WIKIDATA
- Share relevant research data with the public by adding it to Wikidata. This gives you greater visibility and outreach to a large audience. This is in line with the requirements of open access, which is asked for more and more with research funding.
- Source meta statements in areas where you are authoritative, which is a way to increase your visibility and use of your research. Increased visibility of your research increases the chance to research funding, strengthen research in your field and makes it easier for the interested public and poorer research institutions around the world to conduct their research.
- Researchers from diverse disciplines can collaborate and share additional data on Wikidata.
- Wikimedia Belgium can help you with more effective research communication through Wikidata.
WHAT YOU CAN USE WIKIDATA FOR
- Using Wikidata as semantic hub to make connections between disparate databases.
- Quickly and easily find information from other research projects (within or outside their own field) who have contributed to a subject.
- Reuse and update your own databases with improved meta data from Wikidata. For example, translations of descriptions or keywords.
- Explore the structured data available on Wikidata to get ideas for new hypotheses based on multiple layers of data. For example, if there is any correlation between the degree of obesity in people aged 25-40 years and the number of schools within the city limits?
- Research on the information available at Wikipedia's many language versions. For example, if Wikipedia's biographical articles have a gender bias? Does this differ between versions?
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THE VALUE OF WIKIDATA FOR YOUR BUSINESS
WIKIDATA is a database that can be edited jointly by the public. Wikidata supports the more than 280 language versions of Wikipedia as a common source of structured data. This data can be used in all the articles of the free encyclopedia and is also free to re-use by other interested parties. With Wikidata it is easy to connect vocabulary and also captures the concept in different languages.
A DATABASE - FREE TO USE
Maintained in one place, ready for use anywhere! For example, the year of the founding of a company or the number of editors in all language versions of Wikipedia when it is stored in Wikidata. All the data in the database has a CC0 license, which means that the material can be used free of charge and without limitations.
Wikidata has been designed to support both the community that creates Wikipedia and the use by third parties who want to use a large amount of curated data. For example, amounts of data from the companies can be included and linked with data from other organisations. When the information is sourced also clearly indicates which organization contributed information, ensuring quality.
Wikidata then makes it easy to include aggregated research data on the various Wikipedia versions. Wikidata effectively reduces the maintenance burden when all data is maintained in one place. Practical lists and timelines can be created automatically, instead of having to manually update. Being able to rely on data collected by a much larger community raises the quality and saves a lot of work for volunteers who contribute to Wikipedias in small languages.
It's never been easier to spread your knowledge to the world!
DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT
The initial development of Wikidata was led by Wikimedia Deutschland, the German local association of the Wikimedia movement. Funding was provided by the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence [AI]², Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Google Inc. Wikidata was then passed to the Wikimedia Foundation for further development and maintenance. Wikimedia Belgium is here to help your organisation if you are thinking of how you can use Wikidata.
WHAT YOU CAN BRING TO WIKIDATA
- Share a data about the company and possibly its products (if they meet the relevant criteria). This includes both data as well as media. This gives you greater visibility and outreach to a large audience.
- Disclose information within your general field of activity. By contributing you are involved in developing common resource that you and others can enjoy and be better at working in your field. The database is always available and has a format that can be easily reused. You do not have to think about maintenance.
- This is a concrete and effective way to contribute to society and demonstrate corporate social responsibility (CSR). Tell us about all the information and development you contributed to. Be transparent.
WHAT YOU CAN USE WIKIDATA FOR
- Include your data on Wikidata in a project or product. It's free and easy to do with the well-documented API.
- Visualize a business by making the company and its products better described in the database that supports one of the world's most well-known websites, Wikipedia. Add for example current figures so that no old information is visible.
- Update your own databases with improved meta data from Wikidata.
- Download names of concepts by QLabel, see bit.ly/QLabel and create multilingual documents, such as menus (see for example bit.ly/tastydata).
- Visualize your data in new ways, for example Histropedia (as example bit.ly/jobsproducts) or Reasonator (as example bit.ly/royalarmoury). Thanks to the open API it can also be custom developed, and there Wikimedia Belgium is happy to cooperate with you.