Wikidata
Wikidata
Wikidata (pronounced: /ˈwɪkɪˌdeɪtə/) is a collaboratively edited multilingual knowledge graph hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. It provides a common source of data which can be used by Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia, and by anyone else, under a public domain license.
Etymology
The term "Wikidata" is a portmanteau of the words "wiki", a type of website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users, and "data", a set of values of qualitative or quantitative variables.
Related Terms
- Wikimedia Foundation: The non-profit organization that hosts Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects.
- Knowledge Graph: A knowledge graph is a graph that connects real-world entities and how they relate to each other.
- Public Domain: The status of a work that is not protected by copyright law.
- License: A legal instrument allowing someone to use a piece of software or intellectual property.
- Collaborative Editing: A practice that involves multiple people working together to edit and improve a document or project.
See Also
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- Wikisource
- Wiktionary
- Wikiquote
- Wikibooks
- Wikispecies
- Wikinews
- Wikiversity
- Wikivoyage
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Wikidata
- Wikipedia's article - Wikidata
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Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski