GLAM/Newsletter/July 2016/Contents/Wikidata report
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Wikidata report
Pokémon and more
By Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing)
Tech developments
- Preliminary work towards structured data support for Wikimedia Commons
- Enable the CoordinateDiffMap Gadget in your preferences to show a map in the diff view, when coordinates on an item are changed
- Connecting OpenStreetMap and Wikidata, blog post by Mapbox
- Mapping street names to Wikidata entities they refer to and enriching OpenStreetMap with linked data
- Use Wikipedia “article main images” to find candidate images for Wikidata
- The removal of Persondata from the English Wikipedia is complete
GLAM news
- Progress report for the annual plan grant with a focus on Wikidata
- Simple guide to help people find Wikidata IDs. In English - please translate into other languages!
- Need to query Wikidata, but lack SPARQL skills? There is now Wikidata:Request a query for you!
- There is a sub-reddit for Wikidata
- Since Pokémon is all the rage at the moment here is a short reminder that we have WikiProject Pokémon for them. Sorry.
New GLAM-related properties
- Estonian cultural monument ID
- WikiTree ID
- Nomisma ID
- Cultural heritage database in Austria ObjektID
- bateau d'intérêt patrimonial (ship IDs)
- Estonian Research Portal person ID
- archive date
- BVPH ID (Biblioteca Virtual de Prensa Histórica)
- GoodReads author ID
- EU River Basin District code
- National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts
- Queensland Heritage Register ID
- GoodReads book ID
- GCatholic church ID
- SNAP ID
- Spenserians person ID
- habitat
- host
- patronym or matronym
- wheel arrangement (for locomotives)
- LBT person ID
- ARLHS Lighthouse ID
- UNDP country code
- Snapchat username
- DSBE ID (Diccionario Biográfico del Socialismo Español)
- Untappd brewery ID (cheers!)
- zanikleobce.cz abandoned objects ID
- Marine Regions Geographic ID
- Galiciana ID
- Cadw Monument ID
- Australian Heritage Database Place ID
- Conservatoire du littoral ID
- Standard Geographical Classification code (Canada)
- French national research structure identifier
- Rolling Stone artist ID
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