viaf data in wikipedia and wikidata
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Presented at the EMEA Regional Council Meeting VIAF Workshop, 25 February 2013, Strasbourg, FranceTRANSCRIPT
Maximilian KleinWikipedian in Residence at OCLC
25th February 2013
VIAF Data in Wikipedia & Wikidata
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Example VIAF Structure
Wikipedia
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Example VIAF Structure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Aziz_%27Ali_al-Misri
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One Direction
VIAF English Wiki
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Enter VIAFBot: Wikipedia Robot
VIAF English Wiki
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Idea: Reciprocate
VIAF English Wiki
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But, Deutsche Wiki has done part of this manually
VIAF Deutsche Wiki
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Verify where English – Deutsche agree
VIAF
English
Deutsche
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& without Deutsche infromation
VIAF
English
Deutsche
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Final Product
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Statistics
• Conflicts
14,816
• Modified269,494
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Statistics
• Full report at• hangingtogether.org
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How precise is the Algorithm?
• ~99% (From random sampling)• But not perfect
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VIAF is watching
VIAF
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Fixing links
• If a human ameliorates Wikipeda
• VIAF.org watches the change,• and VIAF incorporates the
corrected data.
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Other Wikipedias
• French Wikipedia?• All other Wikipedias?
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Information Virus
• 1 month after VIAFBot• User:Jarekt copies VIAFbot’s links into
– Wikimedia Commons– Italiano Wikipedia
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Copying is a “Hack”
• Wikidata was created to resolve this elegantly
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What is Wikidata?
• Wikidata item is a collection of Wikipedia articles
En
Fr
De
WD
En
FrDe
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What will not change
• Language links will look same
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But you can edit centrally
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New: Declarations
• Semantic triple
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New: Declarations
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New: Declarations
Property Value
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Inclusion Syntax
• In Wikitext write
• {{ propriété:lieu de naissance}}
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Surprise! VIAF Wikidata Property Approved
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Wikidata VIAFbot
• Very soon.
Maximilian KleinWikipedian in Residence at OCLC
25th February 2013
VIAF Data in Wikipedia & Wikidata
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