library data in wikipedia & wikidata
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Library Data in Wikipedia & Wikidata. Maximilian Klein Wikipedian in Residence at OCLC 26th February 2013. Programme. Role of Bibliographic data in Wikipedia Comprehending Wikidata. Programme. Role of Bibliographic data in Wikipedia Comprehending Wikidata. Specifically VIAF. VIAF - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Maximilian KleinWikipedian in Residence at OCLC
26th February 2013
Library Data in Wikipedia & Wikidata
E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L
Programme
• Role of Bibliographic data in Wikipedia• Comprehending Wikidata
E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L
Programme
• Role of Bibliographic data in Wikipedia• Comprehending Wikidata
E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L
Specifically VIAF
• VIAF– Virtual– International– Authority– File
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Example VIAF Structure
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Example VIAF Structure
Library of Congress
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Example VIAF Structure
National Library of Israel
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Combined Information
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Combined Information
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Example VIAF Structure
Wikipedia
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Example VIAF Structure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Aziz_%27Ali_al-Misri
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One Direction
VIAF English Wiki
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Enter VIAFBot: Wikipedia Robot
VIAF English Wiki
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Idea: Reciprocate
VIAF English Wiki
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But, Deutsche Wiki has done part of this manually
VIAF Deutsche Wiki
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Verify where English – Deutsche agree
VIAF
English
Deutsche
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& without Deutsche infromation
VIAF
English
Deutsche
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Final Product
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Statistics
• Conflicts 14,816• Modified
269,494
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Statistics
• Full report at• hangingtogether.org
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How precise is the Algorithm?
• ~99% (From random sampling)• But not perfect
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VIAF is watching
VIAF
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Fixing links
• If a human ameliorates Wikipeda
• VIAF.org watches the change,• and VIAF incorporates the
corrected data.
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Other Wikipedias
• French Wikipedia?• All other Wikipedias?
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Information Virus
• 1 month after VIAFBot• User:Jarekt copies VIAFbot’s links into
– Wikimedia Commons– Italiano Wikipedia
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Programme
• Role of Bibliographic data in Wikipedia• Comprehending Wikidata
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Copying is a “Hack”
• Wikidata was created to resolve this elegantly
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What is Wikidata?
• Wikidata item is a collection of Wikipedia articles
En
Fr
De
WD
En
FrDe
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What will not change
• Language links will look same
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But you can edit centrally
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New: Declarations
• Semantic triple
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New: Declarations
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New: Declarations
Property Value
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Inclusion Syntax
• In Wikitext write
• {{ propriété:lieu de naissance}}
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Property sources
• Centralise citations
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Imminent Problem
• Hybrid of citation locations– Some on [XX] Wikipedia– Some on Wikidata
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Abstract all citations?
• fraçais Wikipedia has tried to single location for citation objects (Remi).
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All Citations on Wikidata?
• Necessitate import of Bibliographic catalog
Another Wikidata Item
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Import catalog
• It’s possible to import a catalog– Will Wikidata community permit it?
Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gray_vacuum_cleaner.svghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata
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Opportunities
• More citations• Multi-lingual citations• Inverse linked citations• And…
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FRBR Execution
• Problem before were quantity of work• Now we could have Wikipedia
crowdsourcing (“externalisation ouverte”)
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Discussion right now
• All properties still uncertain
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Discussion right now
• Your opportunity to respond
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal
Maximilian KleinWikipedian in Residence at OCLC
26th February 2013
Library Data in Wikipedia & Wikidata
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