Karen, the various Wikidata items for books (works and editions) are here: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Sources#Books
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Paula Kate Marmor <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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