Wikidata

Summary

Wikidata is a semantic wiki^[1]. Wikidata draws 565 Wikipedia views per month (semantic_wiki category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wikidata authored Wikidata editors^[3].
• Wikidata authored Wikimedia community^[4].
• Wikidata is the creator of Wikidata editors^[5].
• Wikidata is the creator of Wikimedia Deutschland^[6].
• Wikidata received the Open Data Award^[7].
• Wikidata received the Open Publishing Awards^[8].
• Wikidata's video is recorded as Instructievideo Wikidata aanmaken item Irene Houben.webm^[9].
• Wikidata's image is recorded as Wikidata-Homepage 20220422 21 18 54.png^[10].
• Wikidata's instance of is recorded as semantic wiki^[11].
• Wikidata's instance of is recorded as wiki with script conversion^[12].
• Wikidata's instance of is recorded as MediaWiki wiki^[13].
• Wikidata's instance of is recorded as knowledge base^[14].
• Wikidata's instance of is recorded as online database^[15].
• Wikidata's instance of is recorded as knowledge graph^[16].
• Wikidata's instance of is recorded as crowdsourced project^[17].
• Wikidata's instance of is recorded as self-depicting entity^[18].
• Wikidata's instance of is recorded as open content^[19].
• Wikidata's instance of is recorded as sociotope^[20].
• Wikidata's instance of is recorded as Wikimedia content project^[21].
• Wikidata's instance of is recorded as Wikibase instance^[22].
• Wikidata's instance of is recorded as Wikimedia multilingual project^[23].
• Wikidata's founder is recorded as Q18618629^[24].
• Wikidata's founder is recorded as Markus Krötzsch^[25].
• Wikidata's founder is recorded as Wikimedia Foundation^[26].
• Wikidata's owned by is recorded as Wikimedia Foundation^[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Authored works include Wikidata editors^[3] and Wikimedia community^[4], a community^[28], founded in 2001^[29]. Created works include Wikidata editors^[5] and Wikimedia Deutschland^[6], a charitable corporation^[30], in Germany^[31], founded in 2004^[32], headquartered in Tempelhofer Ufer 23–24^[33].

Publication

Wikidata's language of work or name is recorded as multiple languages^[34]. Part of include Semantic Web^[35], an information system^[36]; Linked Open Data cloud diagram^[37], a diagram^[38]; Network of Terms^[39]; and Wikibase Ecosystem^[40].

Reception

Awards received include Open Data Award^[7], an award^[41] and Open Publishing Awards^[8], an award^[42], founded in 2019^[43].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Wikidata include OSM Wikidata Link Map^[44], a free software^[45]; OWL Places^[46], a free software^[47]; and UnData^[48], a database^[49], founded in 2019^[50].

Why It Matters

Wikidata draws 565 Wikipedia views per month (semantic_wiki category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2] Wikidata has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[51] Wikidata is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[52]

Entities named for Wikidata include OSM Wikidata Link Map^[44], a free software^[45]; OWL Places^[46], a free software^[47]; and UnData^[48], a database^[49], founded in 2019^[50].

FAQs

What awards did Wikidata receive?

Honors received include Open Data Award^[7] and Open Publishing Awards^[8].