Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative

international digital library project aimed at putting text and images of recovered cuneiform tablets online
Organization database Q5194236
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Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative

Summary

Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative is a database[1]. It draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (database category, ranking #30 of 129).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's instance of is recorded as database[3].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's instance of is recorded as virtual library[4].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's ISNI is recorded as 0000000099045567[5].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146927082[6].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2003122231[7].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 17707059p[8].
  • +1998-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative[9].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05msy8d[10].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20100127003[11].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's official website is recorded as http://cdli.ucla.edu/[12].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's director / manager is recorded as Robert K. Englund[13].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's director / manager is recorded as Jürgen Renn[14].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's participant in is recorded as Google Summer of Code 2018[15].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2474[16].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's GitHub account is recorded as cdli-gh[17].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's FAST ID is recorded as 785032[18].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's language used is recorded as English[19].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Cultural Heritage and GLAM catalogues[20].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007337675405171[21].
  • Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/baa5adcc-7c79-4641-b98e-bb5e1997ae50[22].

Body

Founding

+1998-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative[9].

Leadership

Directors / managers include Robert K. Englund[13] and Jürgen Renn[14].

Why It Matters

Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (database category, ranking #30 of 129).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Virtual International Authority File. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Virtual International Authority File. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Virtual International Authority File. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . usatoday.com. usatoday.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Library of Congress Authorities. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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