World Digital Library

international digital library operated by UNESCO and the United States Library of Congress
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World Digital Library

Summary

World Digital Library is a digital library[1]. It draws 71 Wikipedia views per month (digital_library category, ranking #9 of 66).[2]

Key Facts

  • World Digital Library authored James H. Billington[3].
  • World Digital Library is the creator of Library of Congress[4].
  • World Digital Library is in the country of United States[5].
  • World Digital Library's image is recorded as World Digital Library - Launch.png[6].
  • World Digital Library's instance of is recorded as digital library[7].
  • World Digital Library's instance of is recorded as website[8].
  • World Digital Library's owned by is recorded as Library of Congress[9].
  • World Digital Library's logo image is recorded as World Digital Library Logo 2008-04-24.png[10].
  • World Digital Library's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[11].
  • World Digital Library's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 155257410[12].
  • World Digital Library's Commons category is recorded as World Digital Library[13].
  • World Digital Library's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08_myf[14].
  • World Digital Library's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20091015035[15].
  • World Digital Library's official website is recorded as https://www.wdl.org/[16].
  • World Digital Library's topic's main category is recorded as Category:World Digital Library[17].
  • World Digital Library's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/World-Digital-Library[18].
  • World Digital Library's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+43543'}[19].
  • World Digital Library's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'World Digital Library'}[20].
  • World Digital Library's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'WDL'}[21].
  • World Digital Library's X is recorded as WDLorg[22].
  • World Digital Library's NE.se ID is recorded as world-digital-library[23].
  • World Digital Library's search formatter URL is recorded as https://www.wdl.org/en/search/?q=$1[24].
  • World Digital Library's search formatter URL is recorded as https://www.wdl.org/ar/search/?q=$1[25].
  • World Digital Library's search formatter URL is recorded as https://www.wdl.org/es/search/?q=$1[26].
  • World Digital Library's search formatter URL is recorded as https://www.wdl.org/fr/search/?q=$1[27].

Body

Identity

World Digital Library's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'WDL'}[21].

Operations

World Digital Library's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[11].

Ownership

World Digital Library's owned by is recorded as Library of Congress[9].

Why It Matters

World Digital Library draws 71 Wikipedia views per month (digital_library category, ranking #9 of 66).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . alexa.com. alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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