S-O-WAS

Wikidata based extended search queries

Christian Erlinger (@LibrErli)

2019-10-18

Wikidata

we can’t repeat it too many times what Wikidata is Wikidata is a

  • structured
  • multilingual
  • open accesible and modifiable (CC 0)
  • collaborative

knowledgraph

Usage of Wikidata in GLAMs

  • A central hub for authority files
  • Open bibliographic database (#WikiCite)
  • “Sum of all GLAMs” - institutional register

let us use it as knowledge base to discover our resources!

ok. and now?

so, that’s nice but what’s so new about it?

can you query your local authority data in the same depth?

  • locations (birth, death, work) can be easily retrieved by accessing through greater entities (if modelled)
  • received awards
  • and combine all the different properties?

be open

You can improve the discoverability as fast as you can type

ok, so that’s also open for wrong information

It is, but at the same time it stays open for everyone (so also for our clients too) open to correct them