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Wikibase

Summary

Wikibase is a free software[1]. Wikibase has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Wikibase's instance of is recorded as free software[3].
  • Wikibase's instance of is recorded as wiki software[4].
  • Wikibase's instance of is recorded as graph database management system[5].
  • Wikibase's instance of is recorded as knowledge management software[6].
  • Wikibase's instance of is recorded as data management software[7].
  • Wikibase's instance of is recorded as open-source software[8].
  • Wikibase's instance of is recorded as software extension[9].
  • Wikibase's based on is recorded as Q83[10].
  • Wikibase's developer is recorded as Wikimedia Deutschland[11].
  • Wikibase's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later[12].
  • Wikibase's programmed in is recorded as PHP[13].
  • Wikibase's programmed in is recorded as Q2005[14].
  • Wikibase's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[15].
  • Wikibase is used for semantic wiki[16].
  • Wikibase's Commons category is recorded as Wikibase[17].
  • Wikibase's platform is recorded as cross-platform[18].
  • Wikibase comprises Extension:Wikibase Client[19].
  • Wikibase comprises Wikibase Repository[20].
  • Wikibase was released on 2012[21].
  • Wikibase's official website is recorded as https://wikiba.se/[22].
  • Wikibase's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wikibase[23].
  • Wikibase's Commons gallery is recorded as Wikibase[24].
  • Wikibase's described at URL is recorded as https://wikiba.se/about-us/[25].
  • Wikibase's source code repository URL is recorded as https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase[26].
  • Wikibase's source code repository URL is recorded as https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/EWBA/[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include free software[3], wiki software[4], graph database management system[5], knowledge management software[6], data management software[7], and open-source software[8].

Use and Application

Wikibase is used for semantic wiki[16]. Components include Extension:Wikibase Client[19], a plug-in[28] and Wikibase Repository[20], a plug-in[29]. Recorded used by include Wikidata[30], OpenStreetMap Wiki[31], and Wikibase.Cloud[32].

Why It Matters

Wikibase has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . phabricator.wikimedia.org. Retrieved . phabricator.wikimedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . openhub.net. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . openhub.net. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . upload.wikimedia.org. upload.wikimedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] ↑ . wiki.openstreetmap.org. wiki.openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Alex rosenberg35 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status → copyrighted
    Used by → Wikidata, OpenStreetMap Wiki, Wikibase.Cloud
    Quora topic id → Wikibase
    Official demo url → https://test.wikidata.org/
    + 39 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|3 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q595971]]"
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