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International Year of Light

2015 United Nations observance to raise awareness of light science and its applications
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International Year of Light

Summary

International Year of Light is an International Year[1]. It draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (international_year category, ranking #8 of 37).[2]

Key Facts

  • International Year of Light's instance of is recorded as International Year[3].
  • International Year of Light's logo image is recorded as International Year of Light 2015 - color logo 2 SVG.svg[4].
  • International Year of Light's Commons category is recorded as International Year of Light[5].
  • International Year of Light's commemorates is recorded as light[6].
  • +2013-12-20T00:00:00Z marks the founding of International Year of Light[7].
  • International Year of Light's point in time is recorded as +2015-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • International Year of Light's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0_ll1zz[9].
  • International Year of Light's organizer is recorded as United Nations[10].
  • International Year of Light's official website is recorded as https://www.unesco.org/en/years/international-year-light-and-light-based-technologies-2015[11].
  • International Year of Light's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'IYL2015'}[12].

Why It Matters

International Year of Light draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (international_year category, ranking #8 of 37).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

Related Entities

United Nations

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . un.org. un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . unesco.org. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . docs.un.org. docs.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . docs.un.org. docs.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . unesco.org. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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