Maximilian Klein Wikipedian in Residence at OCLC 25th February 2013 VIAF Data in Wikipedia & Wikidata

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L Example VIAF Structure Wikipedia

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L Example VIAF Structure

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L One Direction VIAF English Wiki

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L Enter VIAFBot: Wikipedia Robot VIAF English Wiki

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L Idea: Reciprocate VIAF English Wiki

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L But, Deutsche Wiki has done part of this manually VIAF Deutsche Wiki

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L Verify where English – Deutsche agree VIAF English Deutsche

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L & without Deutsche infromation VIAF English Deutsche

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L Final Product......

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L Statistics Conflicts 14,816 Modified 269,494

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L Statistics Full report at hangingtogether.org

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L How precise is the Algorithm? ~99% (From random sampling) But not perfect

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L VIAF is watching VIAF

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L Fixing links If a human ameliorates Wikipeda VIAF.org watches the change, and VIAF incorporates the corrected data.

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L Other Wikipedias French Wikipedia? All other Wikipedias?

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L Information Virus 1 month after VIAFBot User:Jarekt copies VIAFbot’s links into –Wikimedia Commons –Italiano Wikipedia

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L Copying is a “Hack” Wikidata was created to resolve this elegantly

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L What is Wikidata? Wikidata item is a collection of Wikipedia articles En Fr De WD En Fr De

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L What will not change Language links will look same

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L But you can edit centrally

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L New: Declarations Semantic triple

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L New: Declarations

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L New: Declarations Property Value

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L Inclusion Syntax In Wikitext write {{propriété:lieu de naissance}}

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L Surprise! VIAF Wikidata Property Approved

E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L Wikidata VIAFbot Very soon.

Maximilian Klein Wikipedian in Residence at OCLC 25th February 2013 VIAF Data in Wikipedia &