There is a Grant Proposal from a couple of weeks ago that is relevant to this discussion. "Wikidata items for sources, such as a journal article, contain metadata that could be used to generate a citation from that item to be used on a wiki."
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Tools_for_using_wikidata_items_as_citations On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Karen Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not as familiar with Wikidata as WP - are the citation "templates" the > same? If so, I'll do some mapping. Where would it be best to put them? > > kc > > On 10/9/14, 3:47 PM, Paula Kate Marmor wrote: > >> Please let me know how I can help with this mapping effort. >> >> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 4:20 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Karen Coyle, 05/10/2014 20:25: >> >> Aubrey - there are a LOT of mappings there. Am I correct that >> none of >> them are mappings to the {{cite}} templates? >> >> Having been steeped (if not petrified) in MARC21 for decades, I >> could >> attempt a mapping to the {{cite}} templates. It would cover books, >> music, movies, possibly photographs, and maybe art works. >> Articles are >> not usually coded in MARC but a mapping could be made. >> >> >> Vlsergey offered to make a gadget to import MARC records into >> Wikidata entries! :D Please get in touch. Thanks both in advance, it >> will be great. >> <https://www.wikidata.org/w/__index.php?title=Wikidata_talk% >> __3AWikiProject_Books&diff=__162771850&oldid=162771302 >> <https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata_talk% >> 3AWikiProject_Books&diff=162771850&oldid=162771302>> >> >> Nemo >> >> Note that there is a mapping in OpenLibrary from their books data >> (derived from MARC but not in MARC), and with a single click you >> get the >> filled in book citation template for the book. I use this a lot. >> Some of >> us have been wishing that OCLC WorldCat would do the same. It >> makes >> sense to have the mapping happen at the discovery point. >> >> >> _________________________________________________ >> Libraries mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/__mailman/listinfo/libraries >> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Libraries mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries >> >> > -- > Karen Coyle > [email protected] http://kcoyle.net > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600 > > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries >
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