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Project Gutenberg is a digital library.[1] It is associated with the United States.

It was established on December 1, 1971.

Project Gutenberg

Summary

Project Gutenberg is a digital library[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of digital_library entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (895 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Project Gutenberg authored Michael S. Hart[3].
  • Project Gutenberg is in the country of United States[4].
  • Project Gutenberg's instance of is recorded as digital library[5].
  • Project Gutenberg's instance of is recorded as MediaWiki wiki[6].
  • Project Gutenberg's instance of is recorded as publishing house[7].
  • Project Gutenberg's instance of is recorded as website[8].
  • Project Gutenberg's official language is recorded as English[9].
  • Project Gutenberg's founder is recorded as Michael S. Hart[10].
  • Project Gutenberg's publisher is recorded as Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation[11].
  • Project Gutenberg's operator is recorded as Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation[12].
  • Johannes Gutenberg is named after Project Gutenberg[13].
  • Project Gutenberg's logo image is recorded as Project Gutenberg logo.svg[14].
  • Project Gutenberg's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 141011491[15].
  • Project Gutenberg's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no94013195[16].
  • Project Gutenberg's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 17049330w[17].
  • Project Gutenberg's copyright license is recorded as Unlicense[18].
  • Project Gutenberg's part of is recorded as Semantic Web[19].
  • Project Gutenberg's Commons category is recorded as Project Gutenberg[20].
  • Project Gutenberg's language of work or name is recorded as multiple languages[21].
  • Project Gutenberg's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 56963947[22].
  • +1971-12-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Project Gutenberg[23].
  • +1971-07-04T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Project Gutenberg[24].
  • Project Gutenberg's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05s_3[25].
  • Project Gutenberg's Open Library ID is recorded as OL11076820A[26].
  • Project Gutenberg's Internet Archive ID is recorded as gutenberg[27].

Body

Founding

Project Gutenberg's founder is recorded as Michael S. Hart[10]. Recorded inception include +1971-12-01T00:00:00Z[23] and +1971-07-04T00:00:00Z[24].

Identity

Project Gutenberg's part of is recorded as Semantic Web[19].

Operations

Project Gutenberg's operator is recorded as Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation[12].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Project Gutenberg include Project Runeberg[28], a website[29], in Sweden[30], founded in 1992[31] and Projekt Gutenberg-DE[32], a digital library[33], founded in 1994[34].

Why It Matters

Project Gutenberg ranks in the top 3% of digital_library entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (895 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for it include Project Runeberg[28], a website[29], in Sweden[30], founded in 1992[31] and Projekt Gutenberg-DE[32], a digital library[33], founded in 1994[34].

Related Entities

Johannes Gutenberg Michael S. Hart public domain publishing house Semantic Web United States website

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . gutenberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Project Gutenberg. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . openlibrary.org. Retrieved . openlibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Library of congress authority id → no94013195
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