Presentation Type
Lightning Talk
Date
2019-06-18
Description
Wikidata is a free and open knowledge base that can be read and edited by both humans and machines. It is multilingual, structured, and contains more than 56 million data items. Authors, works, repositories, policies, and infrastructure can be represented via Wikidata. This presentation will give a quick overview of Wikidata and how it can extend the reach of your repository. It will also share tips on getting started, scaling up with tools like OpenRefine and QuickStatements, and creating dynamic visualizations with web services like Scholia.
Keywords
Wikidata, institutional repositories
DOI
10.13028/phby-xz56
Rights and Permissions
Copyright © 2019 Britton
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Repository Citation
Britton A. (2019). Wikidata and Institutional Repositories. Northeast Institutional Repository Day. https://doi.org/10.13028/phby-xz56. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/neirug/2019/program/5
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Wikidata and Institutional Repositories
Wikidata is a free and open knowledge base that can be read and edited by both humans and machines. It is multilingual, structured, and contains more than 56 million data items. Authors, works, repositories, policies, and infrastructure can be represented via Wikidata. This presentation will give a quick overview of Wikidata and how it can extend the reach of your repository. It will also share tips on getting started, scaling up with tools like OpenRefine and QuickStatements, and creating dynamic visualizations with web services like Scholia.