https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60366
Web browser: --- Bug ID: 60366 Summary: Wikidata should offer BEACON files to improve GLAM connections Product: Wikimedia Version: wmf-deployment Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: Unprioritized Component: Wikidata Assignee: wikidata-b...@lists.wikimedia.org Reporter: a...@hjp-online.de Classification: Unclassified Mobile Platform: --- BEACON files are an easy-to-create and easy-to-use means for connecting websites. The format was invented by German Wikipedians some years ago. It is used by libraries and institutional websites, mainly in the German-speaking world. A German introduction can be found here: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BEACON An English introduction can be found here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/BEACON For examples of the possibilities of the format, see: http://www.bmlo.lmu.de/Q/PND=118539841 http://beacon.findbuch.de/seealso/pnd-aks?format=sources&id=118515055 Most existing BEACON files are based on GND authority data, but it's perfectly possible to use any other identifier. As we try to convince the GLAM world to use this format, I think especially Wikidata with its wealth of authority data fields conncected to each other and to Wikimedia project websites should offer such BEACON files. Those BEACON files could be updated by a bot on a regular basis (e. g. weekly), and be hosted on some official Wikimedia server. Right now, the most important Wikidata BEACON file would probably be: GND -> Wikidata ID (including all Wikidata items that have a "GND identifier" field, and only those). For this one we don't even need a resolver tool, since the Wikidata URL format already works as a valid link resolver. Others could be: GND -> en.wikipedia GND -> de.wikisource GND -> Commons Category VIAF -> en.wikipedia VIAF -> Commons Category SUDOC -> fr. wikipedia etc. etc. Also, BEACON files like Wikidata ID -> wikimedia projects or even Wikidata ID -> some external identifier could be useful. I think retrieving the necessary data should be very very simple (it's just the simplest SQL query), and the resolver tool with its 1:1 functionality doesn't seem to be rocket science either. Something like https://tools.wmflabs.org/wdrdr/cgi-bin/index.cgi – with some tweaks like adding the project – might already do the trick actually. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l