Wikidata as a platform for Linked Open Data about collections
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Martin Poulter from the University of Oxford discusses using Wikidata as a platform for linked open data about museum and library collections. Several collections from the Ashmolean Museum and Bodleian Libraries have been added to Wikidata, containing over 10,000 items of Islamic and Asian art, botanical artworks, special collection books, and doctoral theses. Wikidata now has data on 700 astrolabes total across multiple collections. Poulter provides links for further information and his contact details.
Wikidata as a platform for Linked Open Data about collections
- 1. Wikidata as a Platform for Linked Open Data About Collections Dr Martin Poulter, University of Oxford @mlpoulter
- 9. 3,409 items in the Ashmolean Museum‘s Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art 2,002 items from the Bodleian Libraries’ special collections 2,016 botanical artworks by Ferdinand Bauer 319 items for astrolabes in four different collections, bringing Wikidata’s total to 700. 3,239 doctoral theses from Oxford Research Archive
- 18. Thanks • Twitter: @mlpoulter • Email: m.l.poulter@bris.ac.uk • User:MartinPoulter on Wikidata, Wikipedia etc. • Project page: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:GLAM/Oxford