Wikidata
Wikidata (www.wikidata.org) aims tae creat a free knowledge base aboot the warld that can be reid an editit bi humans an machines alik. It will provide data in aw the leids o the Wikimedie projects an allae for the central access tae data in a similar vein as Wikimedie Commons daes for multimedia files. Wikidata is a new Wikimedie hostit an maintained project.
The ineetial deveelopment o the waurk is fundit wi a generous donation bi the Allen Institute for Airtificial Intelligence [ai]2, the Gordon n Betty Moore Fundation, n Google, Inc.
Further information
- Wikidata.org – this is the production wabsteid.
Development version demo steid– lats ye gie the latest development version o the code shot.- Wikidata test steid
- Introduction – affers ae non-techneecal introduction tae the goals o the Wikidata waurk proposal.
- ASS – answers some o the maist affen speired speirins.
- Development – affers an owerluik o the nou development wairk.
- Contreebute – shaws hou ye can help.
- Glossary – is ae leet o terms uised aroond Wikidata n thair explanation.
Impact on Wikipedie
We are wirkin on three major things:
- Centralizing leid airts
- Providin a central place for infobox data for aw Wikipedies
- Creatin an updatin leet airticles based on data in Wikidata
Status
We are postin regular summaries o the activities aroond Wikidata on Status updates.
Size
Wikidata is currently the largest Wikimedia project, with over 90 million content pages.